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Inflammatory biomarkers as predictors of hospitalization and death in community-dwelling older adults
06 February 2012
Amanda H. Salanitro, Christine S. Ritchie, Martha Hovater, David L. Roth, Patricia Sawyer, Julie L. Locher, Eric Bodner, Cynthia J. Brown, Richard M. Allman
Abstract: Individuals with multimorbidity may be at increased risk of hospitalization and death. Comorbidity indexes do not capture severity of illness or healthcare utilization; however, inflammation...
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Corrigendum to “Independence of elderly patients with arterial hypertension in fulfilling their needs, in the aspect of functional assessment and quality of life (QoL)” [Arch. Gerontol. Geriatr. 52 (2011) e204–e209]
02 February 2012
Marta Muszalik, Ate Dijkstra, Kornelia Kędziora-Kornatowska, Halina Zielińska-Więczkowska, Tomasz Kornatowski
The authors regret that Agnieszka Kotkiewicz was omitted from the authorship list, which should therefore read:
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Tooth loss and edentulism in the Turkish elderly
31 January 2012
Bahar Güçiz Doğan, Saadet Gökalp
Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate partial and complete tooth loss and some related demographic factors, and oral health behaviors among Turkish elderly. According to recent censuses, eld...
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Effects of dual-task switch exercise on gait and gait initiation performance in older adults: Preliminary results of a randomized controlled trial
30 January 2012
Kazuki Uemura, Minoru Yamada, Koutatsu Nagai, Hiroshige Tateuchi, Shuhei Mori, Buichi Tanaka, Noriaki Ichihashi
Abstract: Few studies have reported the effect of exercise intervention for improving postural control deficit in older adults at high risk of falling. We have developed a “Dual-task Switch Exercise (...
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Transcranial sonography (TCS) in Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) in relation with putative premotor symptoms of PD
25 January 2012
Joong-Seok Kim, Yoon-Sang Oh, Yeong-In Kim, Ja-Seong Koo, Dong-Won Yang, Kwang-Soo Lee
Abstract: Background: Hyperechogenicity of substantia nigra (SN+) is a common finding in transcranial ultrasound studies of parkinsonian patients. However, this feature is also found in 13–16% of ET p...
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