Serum insulin-like growth factor levels do not predict functional recovery after hospitalization in nonagenarian patients

Hormone Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 249-253

  Formiga, Francese ^a,b   Acebes, G ^b   Alia, P ^b   Blancas, D ^a   Pujol, R ^a   Navarro, M A ^b  

^a Geriatric Unit   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hospitalization, recovery; Nonagenarians; Plasma IGF 1

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0344088522     PISSN: 03010163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070225     Document Type: Article

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