TY - GEN AU - Youssef Mohamed Amin AU - Ali Elhindawy , AU - Maysa Sharaf Eldin , AU - Mohamed Abdelhakim , TI - A study of the pathological changes in the skeletal muscles in COPD patients / PY - 2007/// CY - Cairo : PB - Youssef Mohamed Amin , KW - COPD KW - Muscle biophy KW - Vastus lateralis N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty Of Medicine - Department Of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis; Issued also as CD N2 - There was statically significant correlation between severity of COPD known from extent of decline of FEV and degree of muscle atrophy of specimens tken by abram's needle in bergstrom - like technique of obtaining muscle biopsy and graded from zero 9normal) to 4 (marked atrophy) according to degree of atrophy as revealed by histopathological examination UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -