Frailty in elderly persons with essential tremor: A population-based study (NEDICES)

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1251-1257

  Louis, E D ^a,b,c   Benito Leon J ^d,e   Vega, S ^f   Bermejo Pareja, F ^d,e  

^a Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

^b University Hospital '12 de Octubre' ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^f Health Center of Arévalo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Frailty; Morbidity; Mortality; Neurological

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; SPAIN;

EID: 80052797553     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03374.x     Document Type: Article

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