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Osteoporosis is defined as an involutional reduction of bone mass which leads to an increased susceptibility to fracture. Women are more prone to osteoporosis and related fractures than men. Reduced...
Potential maximum life span of humans is estimated around 115-120 years by Cutler. His estimate agrees with an earlier observation by Buffon who claimed that animals tended to live six...
Osteoarthritis(OA) is the most common arthritis of human joint diseases and a major cause of morbidity and disability in the elderly. Current treatment of OA is to control symptoms because...
Kim SJ, Ryu HK, Kim SD, Lee KD, Park BA, Ryu JS, Yu JD
KMID: 1539430
J Korean Geriatr Soc.
1999 Dec;3(4):50-55.
A 71-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma of lung mimicking pulmonary tuberculosis associated with the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of ADH(SIADH). Laboratory examination showed serum sodium concentration of 108 mEq/l....
Typical vasculitic neuropathy commonly manifests as a subacute multiple mononeuropathy, symmetrical or asymmetrical sensori-motor polyneuropathy. Various clinical presentations of peripheral neuropathy may confuse the diagnostic approach sometimes. A 76-year old...
BACKGROUND: Diabetes was common problem in older adults. However, there were widespread misconceptions about possible consequences of uncontrolled hyperglycemia. So we studied the frequency of misconceptions and their relationship with...
BACKGROUND: Falling in elderly has caused high mortality and morbidity rates. But research papers about falling in elderly are rate in Korea. We examined preventive methods from falling in institutionalized...