The Complexities of Diabetes in Older Persons

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 872-874

  Morley, John E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TESTOSTERONE; ZINC;

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DEHYDRATION; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; FAINTNESS; FALLING; FATIGUE; GAIT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCONTINENCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NOCTURIA; OBESITY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SARCOPENIA; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; ZINC DEFICIENCY; AGED; DIABETIC COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84994140650     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.07.022     Document Type: Editorial

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