Sarcopenia is a serious disease and should be taken seriously

Andrea B Maier^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
² Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
³ Centre for Healthy Longevity, @AgeSingapore, National University Health System, Singapore.

Editorial

Andrea B Maier. ANZ J Surg. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;92(12):3124-3125.

doi: 10.1111/ans.18154.

Andrea B Maier^{1

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3}

¹ Department of Human Movement Sciences, @AgeAmsterdam, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
² Healthy Longevity Translational Research Program, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
³ Centre for Healthy Longevity, @AgeSingapore, National University Health System, Singapore.

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Comment on

Sarcopenia: the 'hidden' marker of surgical outcome.
Wong J, Khan A, Kong J, Warrier S, Heriot A. Wong J, et al. ANZ J Surg. 2022 Dec;92(12):3128-3129. doi: 10.1111/ans.17867. Epub 2022 Dec 5. ANZ J Surg. 2022. PMID: 36468317 No abstract available.

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