Frailty and Parkinson's disease: Theories and clinical implications

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-272

  Powell, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; EDITORIAL; FATIGUE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; WALKING SPEED; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

FATIGUE; HUMANS; HYPOKINESIA; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 44349159538     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.10.005     Document Type: Editorial

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