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Research from Columbia University, Obesity Research Center in the area of life sciences in children published
Published in Hospital Law Weekly, September 6th, 2007
Investigators publish new data in the report "A new total body potassium method to estimate total body skeletal muscle mass in children." According to a study from the United States, "A whole body skeletal muscle [(SM); kg] mass estimation model, based on total body potassium [(TBK); mmol] measured by whole body (40)K counting (WBC) was developed (SM=0.0082.TBK) and validated in adults in a previous study. It is unknown whether the adult TBK SM prediction model is applicable for pediatric use."
"The aim of this study was to derive and validate a pediatric TBK SM prediction equation. SM measured by MRI was used as the criterion and TBK was measured by WBC. The protocol...
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Source: Hospital Law Weekly (2007-09-06)
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