Assessing change in body composition in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy: Anthropometry and bioelectrical impedance analysis versus dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry
✍ Scribed by Elise Mok; Guy Letellier; Jean-Marie Cuisset; André Denjean; Frédéric Gottrand; Régis Hankard
- Book ID
- 113545703
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 354 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0261-5614
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