Assessment of Sarcopenia and Obesity in Patients with Myasthenia Gravis Using Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry: A Cross-Sectional Study
Sarcopenia and obesity can negatively impact quality of life and cause chronic fragility, and are associated with neuromuscular diseases, including myasthenia gravis (MG). The long-term consequences of body composition changes in chronic MG remain unknown; we therefore evaluated changes in body comp...
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Main Authors: | Che-Cheng Chang, Yen-Kung Chen, Hou-Chang Chiu, Jiann-Horng Yeh |
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Language: | EN |
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MDPI AG
2021
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/f60eb21ff1a241eaa5cf4b44d9d40dc6 |
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