Getting a "Grip" on Sarcopenia for the Liver Transplant Candidate: Time to Focus on Muscle Function

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Editorial

Pranab M Barman et al. Liver Transpl. 2019 Oct.

. 2019 Oct;25(10):1475-1476.

doi: 10.1002/lt.25625.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA.
² Division of Gastroenterology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

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Comment on

Handgrip Strength Adds More Prognostic Value to the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease Score Than Imaging-Based Measures of Muscle Mass in Men With Cirrhosis.
Sinclair M, Chapman B, Hoermann R, Angus PW, Testro A, Scodellaro T, Gow PJ. Sinclair M, et al. Liver Transpl. 2019 Oct;25(10):1480-1487. doi: 10.1002/lt.25598. Epub 2019 Aug 18. Liver Transpl. 2019. PMID: 31282126

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