Sarcopenia and the syndrome of frailty
Sarcopenia is the process of loss of body mass, specifically the musculoskeletal tissue, with age, which ultimately leads to a syndrome of clinical entity poorly defined as frailty. It is probably as old as humanity itself. Functionally, frailty is described as a syndrome characterized by a progress...
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Main Authors: | Ajay Kumar Gupta (Author), Siddhartha Mishra (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
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2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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