Sarcopenia in liver cirrhosis: The role of computed tomography scan for the assessment of muscle mass compared with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometry

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 328-334

  Giusto, Michela ^a   Lattanzi, Barbara ^a   Albanese, Carlina ^c   Galtieri, Alessia ^a   Farcomeni, Alessio ^b   Giannelli, Valerio ^a   Lucidi, Cristina ^a   Di Martino, Michele ^c   Catalano, Carlo ^c   Merli, Manuela ^a  

^a Viale Dell'Universita 37   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; computed tomography scan; sarcopenia; skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; APPENDICULAR SKELETAL MUSCLE INDEX; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT FREE MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOLD STANDARD; HAND GRIP TEST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; HAND STRENGTH; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; SARCOPENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84922409383     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000274     Document Type: Article

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