JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 153-156 , March 2010

The Anorexia of Aging: Is It a Geriatric Syndrome?

  • Francesco Landi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gerontology-Geriatric, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy (F.L.)
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Francesco Landi, MD, PhD, Centro Medicina dell'Invecchiamento (CEMI), Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo Agostino Gemelli 8, 00168 Roma, Italy.
    • ,
  • Alessandro Laviano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Medicine, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy (A.L.)
    • ,
  • Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, MD

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain (A.J.C.-J.)

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PII: S1525-8610(09)00302-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.09.003

JAMDA
Volume 11, Issue 3 , Pages 153-156 , March 2010

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