Muscle protein and amino acid metabolism with respect to age-related sarcopenia

Metabolic and Therapeutic Aspects of Amino Acids in Clinical Nutrition, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 389-404

  Walrand, Stéphane ^a   Boirie, Yves ^a  

^a CRNH AUVERGNE   (France)

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