Sarcopenia in chronic liver disease: easy to diagnose but hard to treat

Nicola Pugliese^{1

2}, Ezio Lanza³, Alessio Aghemo^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.
³ Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy.

Editorial

Nicola Pugliese et al. Liver Int. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;40(11):2627-2629.

doi: 10.1111/liv.14690.

Nicola Pugliese^{1

2}, Ezio Lanza³, Alessio Aghemo^{1

2}

¹ Division of Internal Medicine and Hepatology, Department of Gastroenterology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy.
² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy.
³ Division of Interventional Radiology, Department of Radiology, Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy.

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