Anorexia and Weight Loss in Older Persons
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Anorexia and weight loss in older persons.
UNINTENTIONAL weight loss represents a cardinal symptom of frailty in older persons (1–6). Even a small decline in body mass in older persons is associated with mortality (7). Protein energy malnutrition is associated with anemia, pressure ulcers, sarcopenia, bone loss and hip fractures, declining immune function, impaired immune response to vaccinations, infections, cognitive impairment, funct...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1079-5006,1758-535X
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/58.2.m131