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Editorial
. 2023 Jan 12:9:1080636.
doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.1080636. eCollection 2022.

Editorial: Importance of body composition analysis in clinical nutrition

Alberto Bazzocchi  1 , Silvia Gazzotti  1 , Lidia Santarpia  2 , Clelia Madeddu  3 , Maria Letizia Petroni  4 , Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez  5   6
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Editorial: Importance of body composition analysis in clinical nutrition

Alberto Bazzocchi et al. Front Nutr. .
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Keywords: body composition analysis; clinical nutrition; imaging; metabolism; prognosis; therapeutic management.

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