Skeletal Muscles in Chronic Airflow Obstruction: Why Bother?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 916-917

  Maltais, François ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TECHNOLOGY;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ATROPHY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 0142075871     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2307007     Document Type: Editorial

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