Psoas:lumbar vertebra index: central sarcopenia independently predicts morbidity in elderly trauma patients
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1863-9933,1863-9941
DOI: 10.1007/s00068-013-0313-3