Research agenda for frailty in older adults: toward a better understanding of physiology and etiology: summary from the American Geriatrics Society/National Institute on Aging Research Conference on Frailty in Older Adults.

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Published in J Am Geriatr Soc on June 01, 2006

Authors

Jeremy Walston1, Evan C Hadley, Luigi Ferrucci, Jack M Guralnik, Anne B Newman, Stephanie A Studenski, William B Ershler, Tamara Harris, Linda P Fried

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 5505 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. jwalston@jhmi.edu

Associated clinical trials:

Resveratrol and Cardiovascular Health in the Elderly | NCT01842399

Autologous Stem/Stromal Cellular Stromal Vascular Fraction (cSVF) In Frailty-Aging Processes (GARM-W) | NCT03514537

Different Frailty Scores to Incidence of Post-operative Delirium and Cognitive Dysfunction | NCT04056871

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