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Letter to the Editor: Functional Compromise Cohort Study (FCCS): Sarcopenia is a Strong Predictor of Mortality in the Intensive Care Unit

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  • 21 March 2018

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  1. Department of Intensive Care Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Wilhelmus G. P. M. Looijaard, Peter J. M. Weijs & Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten

  2. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter J. M. Weijs

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  1. Wilhelmus G. P. M. Looijaard
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Looijaard, W.G.P.M., Weijs, P.J.M. & Oudemans-van Straaten, H.M. Letter to the Editor: Functional Compromise Cohort Study (FCCS): Sarcopenia is a Strong Predictor of Mortality in the Intensive Care Unit. World J Surg 42, 3819–3820 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00268-018-4541-x

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