Multidimensional complex frailty phenotypes: epidemiological impact of oral frailty in older age

Francesco Panza¹, Madia Lozupone², Vittorio Dibello^{3

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, "Cesare Frugoni" Internal and Geriatric Medicine and Memory Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy. f_panza@hotmail.com.
² Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience "DiBraiN", University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
³ Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, "Cesare Frugoni" Internal and Geriatric Medicine and Memory Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
⁴ Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Editorial

Francesco Panza et al. Eur Geriatr Med. 2024 Apr.

. 2024 Apr;15(2):505-507.

doi: 10.1007/s41999-024-00943-w.

Francesco Panza¹, Madia Lozupone², Vittorio Dibello^{3

4}

¹ Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, "Cesare Frugoni" Internal and Geriatric Medicine and Memory Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy. f_panza@hotmail.com.
² Department of Translational Biomedicine and Neuroscience "DiBraiN", University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
³ Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, "Cesare Frugoni" Internal and Geriatric Medicine and Memory Unit, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
⁴ Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

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