Quadriceps wasting and physical inactivity in patients with COPD

Dinesh Shrikrishna, Mehul Patel, Rebecca J. Tanner, John M. Seymour, Bronwen A. Connolly, Zudin A. Puthucheary, Simon L.F. Walsh, Susannah A. Bloch, Paul S. Sidhu, Nicholas Hart, Paul R. Kemp, John Moxham, Michael I. Polkey, Nicholas S. Hopkinson

Source: Eur Respir J 2012; 40: 1115-1122
Journal Issue: November
Disease area: Airway diseases

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