Quantification of sarcopenia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by measuring the cross-sectional area of the thigh muscles with magnetic resonance imaging.
Fausto SalaffiMarina CarottiAnna Claudia PolisenoLuca CeccarelliSonia FarahMarco Di CarloAndrea GiovagnoniPublished in: La Radiologia medica (2023)
MRI-CSA-25 can differentiate sarcopenic versus non-sarcopenic RA patients, representing an imaging biomarker of this condition.
Keyphrases
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- cross sectional
- contrast enhanced
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- high resolution
- peritoneal dialysis
- computed tomography
- skeletal muscle
- newly diagnosed
- rheumatoid arthritis
- magnetic resonance
- photodynamic therapy
- mass spectrometry
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- community dwelling