Hypoglycemia in older people - A less well recognized risk factor for frailty

Aging and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-167

  Abdelhafiz, Ahmed H ^a   Rodríguez Mañas, Leocadio ^b   Morley, John E ^c   Sinclair, Alan J ^d  

^a ROTHERHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frailty; Hypoglycemia; Old age

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIAC AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FRACTURE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALNUTRITION; MUSCLE MASS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 84936075498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21525250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14336/AD.2014.0330     Document Type: Review

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