Geriatric syndromes: Medical misnomer or progress in geriatrics?

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 83-87

  Olde Rikkert, M G M ^a   Rigaud, A S ^b   van Hoeyweghen, R J ^c   de Graaf, J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Paris Descartes University   (France)

^c AZ St Jan AV ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCONTINENCE; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYNDROME;

EID: 0038577084     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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