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

Florent Artru^{1

2}, Alexandre Louvet²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
² Service des maladies de l'appareil digestif, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.

Comment

Florent Artru et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;57(5):593-594.

doi: 10.1111/apt.17398.

Florent Artru^{1

2}, Alexandre Louvet²

¹ Institute of Liver Studies, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
² Service des maladies de l'appareil digestif, Hôpital Claude Huriez, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Lille, Lille, France.

No abstract available

Keywords: body composition; cirrhosis; intensive care unit; sarcopenia; ultrasound.

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