A Brief Review of Sarcopenia and Frailty in the Early Post-liver Transplant Period

Overview

Journal Clin Liver Dis (Hoboken)

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2024 Jun 24

PMID 38912000

Authors

Alexa M Giammarino

Maham Ghani

Sanjaya K Satapathy

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