Accurate diagnosis of sarcopenia in the elderly requires correct measurement ofmuscle mass

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 662-

  Safer, Umut ^a   Tasci, Ilker ^a   Safer, Vildan Binay ^a   Doruk, Huseyin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LETTER; LIPID STORAGE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SARCOPENIA; SKIN ELASTICITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84879463173     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2013.03.006     Document Type: Letter

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