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Abnormal body composition phenotypes in Vietnamese women with early rheumatoid arthritis.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Jul 2011
Dao Hanh-Hung, Do Quan-Trung, Sakamoto Junichi
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OBJECTIVES: To characterize body composition phenotypes using a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) method and to explore factors potentially contributing to alterations in body composition in Vietnamese women with early RA. METHODS: A total of 105 women with early RA (disease duration ≤ 3 years) and 105 age-matched healthy women underwent physical examination, total and regional lean mass (LM) and fat mass...
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