Prospective evaluation of unexplained syncope, dizziness, and falls among community-dwelling elderly adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1998, Pages

  O'Mahony, Denis ^a,b   Foote, Chris ^a  

^a WYCOMBE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID SINUS SYNDROME; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NURSING HOME; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SYNCOPE; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; VERTIGO;

ATAXIA;

EID: 0031726350     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/53A.6.M435     Document Type: Article

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