Abstract:
:We report here on an elderly patient, aged 88 years, who developed acquired hemophilia, with a high titer of factor VIII inhibitors and severe hemorrhage, in the absence of a detectable cause. Marked and prolonged efficacy was observed after rituximab.
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Geriatr Gerontol Intjournal_title
Geriatrics & gerontology internationalauthors
Cretel E,Jean R,Chiche L,Durand JMdoi
10.1111/j.1447-0594.2008.00491.xsubject
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2009-06-01 00:00:00pages
197-9issue
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1444-1586issn
1447-0594pii
GGI491journal_volume
9pub_type
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
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doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00633.x
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
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doi:10.1111/ggi.12274
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
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doi:10.1111/ggi.12294
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12875
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12001
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12757
更新日期:2017-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:The aim of this study was to examine how geriatricians decide the indication of tube feeding in the elderly with eating difficulty as a result of several disorders, and to determine the factors associated with their decision making and interventions for dysphagia. METHODS:The design was a cross-sectional study. Al...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00831.x
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12834
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.13868
更新日期:2020-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:Food bolus preparation plays an important role in swallowing food. The ability to carry out oral functions varies with age, and the same might be true of the ability to prepare food boluses. Previously developed methods for assessing food bolus preparation were not able to evaluate swallowed boluses; that is, the b...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12697
更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:The study aimed to study the prevalence, etiologies, clinical profile and outcome of delirium in hospitalized elderly in medicine wards. METHODS: Four hundred elderly patients of more than 60years of age admitted with delirium in the emergency and medicine wards of Sir Sunderlal Hospital Varanasi, India, were eva...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2011.00710.x
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIMS:To determine the independent and combined associations of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) and fruit and vegetable consumption with subsequent new depressive symptoms in Taiwanese aged ≥53 years. METHODS:We analyzed the 1999 and 2003 datasets of the Taiwan Longitudinal Survey on Aging and used the Center for...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12459
更新日期:2016-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.13227
更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/ggi.12411
更新日期:2015-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To compare estimates of unplanned hospitalizations associated with exposure to Beers potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) in elderly people receiving different levels of ongoing general practitioner (GP) care. METHODS:Using the pharmaceutical claims and other linked health data of 245,436 Western Australian...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12400
更新日期:2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.14025
更新日期:2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
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doi:10.1111/ggi.13492
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.13488
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12713
更新日期:2017-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
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doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00891.x
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00610.x
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To assess the relationship between cognitive status and self-reported symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress of older adults living in an underserved rural South American population. METHODS:Community-dwelling Atahualpa residents aged ≥60 years were identified during a door-to-door census, and evaluated with t...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12305
更新日期:2015-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12805
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:Musculoskeletal degenerative disease (MSD; osteoporosis, knee arthritis and lumbar spondylosis) decreases the quality of life (QOL) of older people. The objective of the present study was to identify the factors related to the absence of MSD in multivariate logistic regression analysis. METHODS:The participants we...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.13786
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.13068
更新日期:2017-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.13577
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/ggi.12325
更新日期:2015-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:Lack of electronic assessment of medication lists in electronic health records is a barrier for more generalized use of potentially inappropriate medications (PIM) lists, designed for older adults. The aim was to construct a European repository of explicit criteria on PIM, suitable for electronic assessment. METHO...
journal_title:Geriatrics & gerontology international
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1111/ggi.13331
更新日期:2018-08-01 00:00:00