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almahu_9949697831302882
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1 online resource (1151 p.)
Edition:
7th ed.
ISBN:
1-4377-2075-7
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Expert consult. Online and print
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Popular with generations of practitioners, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology has been the definitive reference of choice in the field of geriatric care. The new 7th Edition, by Howard M. Fillit, MD, Kenneth Rockwood, MD, and Kenneth Woodhouse, carries on this tradition with an increased clinical focus and updated coverage to help you meet the unique challenges posed by this growing patient population. Consistent discussions of clinical manifestations, diagnosis, prevention, treatment, and more make reference quick and easy, while over 255 illustrations compliment
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FrontCover; BROCKLEHURST'S TEXTBOOK OF GERIATRIC MEDICINE ANDGERONTOLOGY; Copyright; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Contents; Color Plates; Section I Gerontology; CHAPTER 1Introduction: Aging, Frailty, and Geriatric Medicine; CHAPTER 2The Epidemiology of Aging; INTRODUCTION; QUALITY OF LIFE AND DISABILITY; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 3The Future of Old Age; HISTORICAL DETERMINANTS OF THE FUTURE HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY; CURRENT AND FUTURE BIOMEDICAL INPUTS TO AGING; THE FUTURE OF AGING; CHAPTER 4Evolution Theory and the Mechanismsof Aging; EVOLUTION OF AGING; GENETICS OF LIFE SPAN
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TESTS OF THE EVOLUTIONARY THEORIESCONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 5Methodological Problems of Research in Older People; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 6Biology of Aging; INTRODUCTION; THE INSULIN-SIGNALING PATHWAY AND LONGEVITY REGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION, TELOMERASE, AND TELOMERE FUNCTION; CELL DEATH AND CELL REPLACEMENT -A CRITICAL ROLE FOR STEM CELLS?; PROGEROID SYNDROMES AND NORMAL AGING; PROTEIN DAMAGE AND SARCOPENIA-DOES PROTEIN OXIDATIVE DAMAGE PLAY A CAUSAL ROLE?; WHY INVEST IN BASIC AGING RESEARCH?-THE LONGEVITY DIVIDEND; CHAPTER 7Genetic Mechanisms of Aging; INTRODUCTION
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MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS, OXIDATIVE STRESS, AND AGINGCHROMOSOMAL GENE MUTATIONS AND AGING; DESTRUCTIVE AGENTS IN CELLULAR AGING; CHAPTER 8Cellular Mechanisms of Aging; DESTRUCTIVE AGENTS IN CELLULAR AGING; CELL SENESCENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS AND DEGRADATION; SIGNALING PATHWAYS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 9Physiology of Aging; PHYSIOLOGIC DETERIORATION AND THE AGING PHENOTYPE; INTERSPECIES AND INTRASPECIES VARIATION IN AGE-ASSOCIATED PHYSIOLOGIC DETERIORATION; AGE CHANGES IN THE PHYSIOLOGY OF SPECIFIC ORGANS AND ORGAN SYSTEMS; AGE CHANGES IN ORGANISMIC FUNCTION
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SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONSCHAPTER 10A Clinico-Mathematical Model of Aging; INTRODUCTION; THE PHENOTYPIC DEFINITION OF FRAILTY; DEVELOPMENT OF A FRAILTY INDEX BASED ON COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; CHAPTER 11 The Premature Aging Syndrome Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria: Insights Into Normal Aging; INTRODUCTION; THE PROPERTIES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUES; CHAPTER 12Connective Tissues and Aging; THE PROPERTIES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUES; BIOSYNTHESIS; DEGRADATION OF CONNECTIVE TISSUE COMPONENTS; AGING AND THE PROPERTIES OF CONNECTIVE TISSUES; SUMMARY
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CHAPTR 13 Clinical Immunology: Immune Senescence and the Acquired Immune Deficiency of AgingCHANGES IN THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM WITH AGING; CLINICAL CONSEQUENCES OF IMMUNE SENESCENCE; SECONDARY CAUSES OF ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY IN OLD AGE; CONCLUSIONS; CHAPTER 14Effects of Aging on the Cardiovascular System; AGING-ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN VASCULAR STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN AGING; AGING-ASSOCIATED CHANGES IN VASCULAR STRUCTURE; ENDOTHELIAL FUNCTION IN AGING; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN AGING ARTERIES; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN AGING ARTERIES
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EFFECT OF THE AGING PROCESS ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE HEART
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ISBN 1-4160-6231-9
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