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Reply to the letter: “Impact of sarcopenia on daily functioning: a cross-sectional study among older inpatients”

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  1. University Department of Geriatric Medicine FELIX PLATTER, Basel, Switzerland

    Dominic Bertschi, Caroline Michaela Kiss & Reto Werner Kressig

  2. Department of Geriatrics, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Dominic Bertschi

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This study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Northwest and Central Switzerland.

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Bertschi, D., Kiss, C.M. & Kressig, R.W. Reply to the letter: “Impact of sarcopenia on daily functioning: a cross-sectional study among older inpatients”. Aging Clin Exp Res 35, 895–896 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-023-02360-8

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