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01-02-2021 | Sarcopenia | Letter to the Editor

Comment on “The psoas muscle index as a predictor of mortality and morbidity of geriatric trauma patients: experience of a major trauma center in Kobe.”

Authors: Umut Safer, Ilker Tasci, Vildan Binay Safer

Published in: Surgery Today | Issue 2/2021

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Title: Comment on “The psoas muscle index as a predictor of mortality and morbidity of geriatric trauma patients: experience of a major trauma center in Kobe.”
Authors: Umut Safer
Ilker Tasci
Vildan Binay Safer
Publication date: 01-02-2021
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Keyword: Sarcopenia
Published in: Surgery Today / Issue 2/2021
Print ISSN: 0941-1291
Electronic ISSN: 1436-2813
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00595-020-02013-7

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