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Inflammation, coagulation, and the pathway to frailty.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Jul 2009
Kanapuru Bindu, Ershler William B
Abstract excerpt
There are inevitable physiologic changes associated with advancing age, yet for some people these changes are exaggerated, and as a result a phenotype emerges recognized as "frailty." Why some people become frail and others do not remains incompletely understood. Although chronic illnesses are common among frail elderly persons, some will develop all of the phenotypic features without a diagnosed underlying...
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