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Physical frailty in older persons is associated with Alzheimer disease pathology | Synapse

August 11, 2008Open Access

Physical frailty in older persons is associated with Alzheimer disease pathology

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Physical frailty in old age is associated with Alzheimer disease pathology in older persons with and without dementia.

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Buchman et al. (Mon,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69decbc35e217d93a55589ab https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1212/01.wnl.0000324864.81179.6a

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