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. 2022 Aug 19:3:895313.
doi: 10.3389/fcdhc.2022.895313. eCollection 2022.

Frailty and diabetes in older adults: Overview of current controversies and challenges in clinical practice

Mohd Zaquan Arif Abd Ghafar  1   2 , Mark O'Donovan  3   4 , Duygu Sezgin  5 , Elizabeth Moloney  3   4 , Ángel Rodríguez-Laso  6 , Aaron Liew  7 , Rónán O'Caoimh  3   4
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Frailty and diabetes in older adults: Overview of current controversies and challenges in clinical practice

Mohd Zaquan Arif Abd Ghafar et al. Front Clin Diabetes Healthc. .
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Keywords: ageing; comprehensive geriatric assessment; diabetes mellitus; endocrinology; frailty; geriatrics; overview; pre-frailty.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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Diagram 1. Overview of shared pathophysiology and differential outcomes of DM and frailty.
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