Sarcopenia as a prognostic indicator of liver cirrhosis

Sung-Eun Kim^{1

2}, Dong Joon Kim^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
² Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.

Editorial

Sung-Eun Kim et al. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;13(1):8-10.

doi: 10.1002/jcsm.12869. Epub 2021 Nov 23.

Sung-Eun Kim^{1

2}, Dong Joon Kim^{1

2}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.
² Institute for Liver and Digestive Diseases, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.

No abstract available

Keywords: Liver cirrhosis; Prognosis; Sarcopenia.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that no conflict of interest relevant to this article exists.

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