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Preclinical frailty assessments: Phenotype and frailty index identify frailty in different mice and are variably affected by chronic medications.
Experimental gerontology - 1 May 2022
Mach John, Allore Heather, Gnjidic Danijela, Gemikonakli Gizem, Kane Alice E, Howlett Susan E, de Cabo Rafael, Le Couteur David, Hilmer Sarah N
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Use of different objective frailty assessment tools may improve understanding of the biology of frailty and allow evaluation of effects of interventions on frailty. Polypharmacy is associated with increased risk of frailty in epidemiologic studies, regardless of frailty definition, but the pathophysiology of the association is not well understood. This study aims to (1) assess and compare the prevalence of...
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