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From sarcopenia to frailty: a road less traveled

The physical frailty phenotype consists of fatigue, weight loss, and loss of muscle power. Sarcopenia has been shown to be a major cause of frailty. Six societies including SCWD published a consensus suggesting that all persons older than 70 years of age should be screened for frailty when seeing he...

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Autores principales: Morley, John E., von Haehling, Stephan, Anker, Stefan D., Vellas, Bruno
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3953315/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24526568
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13539-014-0132-3