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

Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Oct;27(10):1228. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000411.

Authors

Giliane Belarmino¹, Raquel S M Torrinhas, Steven B Heymsfield, Dan L Waitzberg

Affiliation

¹ aDepartment of Gastroenterology, Digestive Surgery Discipline (LIM 35), University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil bPennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA.

PMID: 26327499
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000000411

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Liver Cirrhosis / complications*
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / diagnostic imaging*
Radiography
Sarcopenia / diagnostic imaging*
Sarcopenia / etiology*