Skeletal Muscle Damage in COVID-19: A Call for Action

Both laboratory investigations and body composition quantification measures (e.g., computed tomography, CT) portray muscle loss in symptomatic Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients. Muscle loss is associated with a poor prognosis of the disease. The exact mechanism of muscle damage in COVID-1...

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Main Authors: Amira Mohammed Ali, Hiroshi Kunugi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Medicina
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/57/4/372