Frailty in older people

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 344-355

  Strandberg, T E ^a   Pitkala K H ^b   Tilvis, R S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Frailty; Pathogenesis; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANGIOTENSIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANOREXIA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CACHEXIA; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMOBILIZATION; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REVIEW; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 80755153708     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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