Frailty and Diabetes in Older Adults: Overview of Current Controversies and Challenges in Clinical Practice

Overview

Journal Front Clin Diabetes Healthc

Specialty Endocrinology

Date 2023 Mar 30

PMID 36992729

Authors

Mohd Zaquan Arif Abd Ghafar

Mark ODonovan

Duygu Sezgin

Elizabeth Moloney

Angel Rodriguez-Laso

Aaron Liew

Ronan OCaoimh

Affiliations

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