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August 22, 2003Archives of Disease in ChildhoodOpen Access

Lean body mass in children with cystic fibrosis

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Poor nutritional status adversely affects long term survival of patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).1 Body composition measured by dual energy x ray absorptiometry (DXA) has been shown to correlate well with other established techniques such as bioelectric impedance analysis and total body potassium estimation.2 This study was designed to compare the whole body and regional bone mineral density of children with CF with that of controls, the results of which have been reported previously.3 Here, we present the results of post hoc comparison of DXA measured whole body lean body …

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Manu R. Sood (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aae0eafd9fb97940b37d61b https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.88.9.836-a

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