Sarcopenia: Characteristics, genesis, remedies

Sport Sciences for Health

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 69-74

  Di Tano, G ^a   Fulle, S ^a   Pietrangelo, T ^a   Bellomo, R ^a   Fano G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Physical activity; Sarcopenia; Satellite cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748856760     PISSN: 18247490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-2005-004-0013-4     Document Type: Review

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