Fat mass loss correlates with faster disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients: Exploring the utility of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry in a prospective study

• Ikjae Lee ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: IL2384@cumc.columbia.edu (IL); phking@uabmc.edu (PHK)

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0537-9622

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• Mohamed Kazamel,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Tarrant McPherson,

  Roles Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Jeremy McAdam,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Marcas Bamman,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Amy Amara,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Daniel L. Smith Jr.,

  Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Nutrition Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Peter H. King

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: IL2384@cumc.columbia.edu (IL); phking@uabmc.edu (PHK)

  Affiliations Department of Neurology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Department of Cell, Developmental, & Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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