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Ill or just old? Towards a conceptual framework of the relation between ageing and disease
BACKGROUND: Is this person ill or just old? This question reflects the pondering mind of a doctor while interpreting the complaints of an elderly person who seeks his help. Many doctors think that ageing is a non-disease. Accordingly, various attempts have been undertaken to separate pathological ag...
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BioMed Central
2003
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC317305/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14683526 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-3-7 |