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Abstract
Progressive decline in muscle mass due to aging which results in decreased functional capacity of muscles.
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- Sarcopenias
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2010
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- Aging (1993-2009)
- Muscular Atrophy (1995-2009)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sarcopenia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055948. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055948
- Sarcopenia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcopenia
- Sarcopenia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1787939