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[What is primary: frailty or sarcopenia? (literature review).]
D P Kurmaev1, S V Bulgakova1, N O Zakharova1
1Samara State Medical University, 89 Chapaevskaya str., Samara 443099, Russian Federation,
Abstract:
Among the many geriatric syndromes, undoubtedly, one of the first places is, in other words, the leading positions are occupied by frailty and sarcopenia. Despite their wide coverage in the modern scientific medical literature, the question of the relationship of these geriatric syndromes with each other is still relevant. Which of the above syndromes is primary and which is secondary? Do they compete with each other, mutually burden each other, do not depend on each other, or are they united by common pathological mechanisms? This literature review is devoted to these issues.
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