Frailty index and incident mortality, hospitalization, and institutionalization in Alzheimer's disease: Data from the ICTUS study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 543-548

  Kelaiditi, Eirini ^a   Andrieu, Sandrine ^a,b   Cantet, Christelle ^a,b   Vellas, Bruno ^a,b   Cesari, Matteo ^a,b  

^a TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frailty index; Institutionalization hospitalization; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84964903374     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glv137     Document Type: Article

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