Is sarcopenia a prognostic factor after living donor liver transplantation?

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Akira Umemura et al. Hepatobiliary Surg Nutr. 2017 Aug.

. 2017 Aug;6(4):258-259.

doi: 10.21037/hbsn.2017.03.13.

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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Effects of pretransplant sarcopenia and sequential changes in sarcopenic parameters after living donor liver transplantation.
Kaido T, Tamai Y, Hamaguchi Y, Okumura S, Kobayashi A, Shirai H, Yagi S, Kamo N, Hammad A, Inagaki N, Uemoto S. Kaido T, et al. Nutrition. 2017 Jan;33:195-198. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2016.07.002. Epub 2016 Jul 27. Nutrition. 2017. PMID: 27649861

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