A critical role for frailty?

Hypertension

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 433-441

  Muller, Majon ^a   Smulders, Yvo M ^a   De Leeuw, Peter W ^b   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS;

EID: 84894461761     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: 15244563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.00911     Document Type: Review

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