Emerging drug therapies for frailty

Maturitas

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-25

  Jeffery, Christopher A ^a   Shum, David W C ^b   Hubbard, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

80 and over; Aged; Drug therapy; Frailty; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; IBUTAMOREN; MEGESTROL ACETATE; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANOREXIA; CACHEXIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG TARGETING; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSENESCENCE; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFLAMMATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCRIPTION; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DRUG THERAPY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GHRELIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; KIDNEY DISEASES; PROGESTINS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84870928643     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.10.010     Document Type: Review

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