The malnutrition overlap syndromes of cachexia and sarcopenia: a malnutrition conundrum.

Am J Clin Nutr

Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, Uppsala University, Uppsala, and Theme Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

Published: December 2018

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