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The frailty syndrome: definition and natural history.

Clinics in geriatric medicine - 1 Feb 2011

Xue Qian-Li

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This article reviews the current state of knowledge regarding the epidemiology of frailty by focusing on 6 specific areas: (1) clinical definitions of frailty, (2) evidence of frailty as a medical syndrome, (3) prevalence and incidence of frailty by age, gender, race, and ethnicity, (4) transitions between discrete frailty states, (5) natural history of manifestations of frailty criteria, and (6) behavior...

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PMID: 21093718
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2010.08.009
PMCID: PMC3028599

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