If my muscle could talk: Myokines as a biomarker of frailty

Hélio J Coelho-Junior1, Anna Picca2, Riccardo Calvani2

  • 1Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy; Applied Kinesiology Laboratory-LCA, School of Physical Education, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.

Experimental Gerontology
|September 2, 2019
PubMed

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