A foot in the past, the hands in the present and the brain in the future. About geriatrics and frailty;Il piede nel passato, le mani nel presente ed il cervello nel futuro. Pensieri su geriatria ed anziano fragile

Giornale di Gerontologia

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 547-551

  Ferrucci, Lu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Frailty; Geriatric medicine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERIATRICS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOGONADISM; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 44849094482     PISSN: 00170305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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