Consensus definition of sarcopenia, cachexia and pre-cachexia: joint document elaborated by Special Interest Groups (SIG) "cachexia-anorexia in chronic wasting diseases" and "nutrition in geriatrics".

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Published in Clin Nutr on January 08, 2010

Authors

M Muscaritoli1, S D Anker, J Argilés, Z Aversa, J M Bauer, G Biolo, Y Boirie, I Bosaeus, T Cederholm, P Costelli, K C Fearon, A Laviano, M Maggio, F Rossi Fanelli, S M Schneider, A Schols, C C Sieber

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Clinical Medicine, La Sapienza, University of Rome, Viale dell'Universita, 37, Rome 00185, Italy. maurizio.muscaritoli@uniroma1.it

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