Comparing the Variability Between Measurements for Sarcopenia Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Computed Tomography Imaging

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2766-2767

  Tandon, P ^a   Mourtzakis, M ^b   Low, G ^a   Zenith, L ^a   Ney, M ^a   Carbonneau, M ^a   Alaboudy, A ^a   Mann, S ^a   Esfandiari, N ^a   Ma, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; clinical research practice; liver disease; liver transplantation hepatology; nutrition; outpatient care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER GRAFT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THIRD LUMBAR VERTEBRA;

EID: 84984614334     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajt.13832     Document Type: Letter

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