Letter: the diagnostic value of ultrasound-based versus CT-based sarcopenia measurement in cirrhosis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine B, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
³ Department of Radiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

Comment

Juliana Gödiker et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;57(5):591-592.

doi: 10.1111/apt.17343.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine B, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.
² Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
³ Department of Radiology, University Hospital Muenster, Muenster, Germany.

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