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MeSH Heading: Sarcopenia
Tree Number(s): C10.597.613.612.500; C23.300.070.500.500; C23.888.592.608.612.500
Unique ID: D055948
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055948
Scope Note: Progressive decline in muscle mass due to aging which results in decreased functional capacity of muscles.
Previous Indexing: Aging (1993-2009); Muscular Atrophy (1995-2009)
Public MeSH Note: 2010
History Note: 2010
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

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