Letter: patients who have both sarcopenia and frailty have similar prognosis to those with either condition separately

Affiliations

¹ 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Research Laboratory, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.

Comment

Theodoros Alexopoulos et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;54(7):981-982.

doi: 10.1111/apt.16564.

¹ 2nd Department of Internal Medicine and Research Laboratory, Medical School, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, School of Health Sciences and Education, Harokopio University, Athens, Greece.

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Letter: patients who have both sarcopenia and frailty have similar prognosis to those with either condition separately-authors' reply.
Bunchorntavakul C, Reddy KR. Bunchorntavakul C, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021 Oct;54(7):983-984. doi: 10.1111/apt.16581. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2021. PMID: 34506657 No abstract available.

Review article: malnutrition/sarcopenia and frailty in patients with cirrhosis.
Bunchorntavakul C, Reddy KR. Bunchorntavakul C, et al. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Jan;51(1):64-77. doi: 10.1111/apt.15571. Epub 2019 Nov 8. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2020. PMID: 31701570 Review.

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