Muscle atrophy is not always sarcopenia

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 677-679

  Hepple, Russell T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL; CACHEXIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NEOPLASM; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CACHEXIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SARCOPENIA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84865109336     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00304.2012     Document Type: Review

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