Sarcopenia in COPD

Thorax

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 693-694

  Scarlata, Simone ^a   Cesari, Matteo ^b,c   Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALGORITHM; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONSENSUS; DISABILITY; GAIT; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SARCOPENIA; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84939220608     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-206929     Document Type: Letter

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