Clinical evaluation of failure to thrive in older people

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 769-778

  Verdery, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROCAINAMIDE; QUINIDINE;

ANOREXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031453975     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30149-6     Document Type: Review

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