Understanding frailty to predict and prevent dementia

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¹ Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico, Tricase, Lecce, Italy; Geriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: geriat.dot@uniba.it.
² Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
³ Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico, Tricase, Lecce, Italy.

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Francesco Panza et al. Lancet Neurol. 2019 Feb.

. 2019 Feb;18(2):133-134.

doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30446-0.

¹ Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico, Tricase, Lecce, Italy; Geriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy. Electronic address: geriat.dot@uniba.it.
² Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
³ Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Basic Medicine, Neuroscience, and Sense Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; Department of Clinical Research in Neurology, Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases and the Aging Brain, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Pia Fondazione Cardinale G. Panico, Tricase, Lecce, Italy.

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Investigation of frailty as a moderator of the relationship between neuropathology and dementia in Alzheimer's disease: a cross-sectional analysis of data from the Rush Memory and Aging Project.
Wallace LMK, Theou O, Godin J, Andrew MK, Bennett DA, Rockwood K. Wallace LMK, et al. Lancet Neurol. 2019 Feb;18(2):177-184. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(18)30371-5. Lancet Neurol. 2019. PMID: 30663607 Free PMC article.