Muscle mass predicts outcomes following liver transplantation

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1172-1180

  Dimartini, Andrea ^a   Cruz Jr , Ruy J ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a   Myaskovsky, Larissa ^a,b   Goodpaster, Bret ^a   Fox, Kristen ^a   Kim, Kevin H ^a,c   Fontes, Paulo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; END STAGE LIVER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84886802681     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: 15276473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lt.23724     Document Type: Article

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