Journal: Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Authors: Avan Aihie Sayer, Rachel Cooper, Hidenori Arai, Peggy M. Cawthon, Marie-Josiane Ntsama Essomba, Roger A. Fielding, Miranda D. Grounds, Miles D. Witham and Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft

Summary: Building on the success of the International Sarcopenia Translational Research Conference, this paper, led by members of the ASM theme and involving contributors from around the world, continues our work to highlight the importance of sarcopenia.  It does this by providing a state-of-the-art summary of the latest research on sarcopenia, including evidence on the diagnosis, epidemiology, biological mechanisms, and management of sarcopenia. The aim of this high-profile review is to reach and educate a wide audience including biomedical scientists and clinicians in the early stages of their careers.

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