Aged
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Saturday, November 07, 2009

No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study.

20 Dec 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome. METHOD: Cross-sectional study of 9571 participants aged 20-89 years in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 2). We assessed anxiety and depression with ... Read more...

Clinical staging error in prostate cancer: localization and relevance of undetected tumour areas.

20 Dec 2009 OBJECTIVE: To describe the localization and to assess the clinical implications of areas of undetected prostate cancer in radical prostatectomy (RP) specimens, focusing on patients with unilaterally negative preoperative biopsy cores. PATIENTS AND ... Read more...

Assessment of liver graft function and regeneration by galactosyl-human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) liver scintigraphy in adult living-donor liver transplantation.

14 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: In adult living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT), the assessment of the graft functional reserve is very important. We evaluated the graft functional reserve by technetium-99m-diethylenetriaminepenta-acetic acid-galactosyl-human serum ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Aged'

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• No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study. 20 Dec 2009
• Clinical staging error in prostate cancer: localization and relevance of undetected tumour areas. 20 Dec 2009
• Assessment of liver graft function and regeneration by galactosyl-human serum albumin (99mTc-GSA) liver scintigraphy in adult living-donor liver transplantation. 14 Dec 2009
• Superficial granulomatous pyoderma treated preoperatively with infliximab. 13 Dec 2009
• Positive direct and indirect antiglobulin tests associated with oxaliplatin can be due to drug antibody and/or drug-induced nonimmunologic protein adsorption. 13 Dec 2009
• Complementary and alternative medicine use among adults and children: United States, 2007. 8 Dec 2008
• Elevated serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) concentrations in chronic kidney disease (CKD) are associated with markers of oxidative stress and endothelial activation. 6 Dec 2009
• High serum Abeta and vascular risk factors in first-degree relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients. 6 Dec 2009
• Biopsy site for detecting Helicobacter pylori infection in patients with gastric cancer. 30 Nov 2009
• VEGF expression as a prognostic marker in osteosarcoma. 29 Nov 2009
• The Canadian Triage Acuity Scale and oncological emergencies in the emergency department: the puzzle pieces may not fit. 29 Nov 2009
• Wegener's granulomatosis: a new entity in the growing differential diagnosis of Degos' disease. 22 Nov 2009
• Airborne contact dermatitis induced by parthenium: a study of 50 cases in South India. 22 Nov 2009
• The preoperative positivity for serum hepatitis B e antigen did not affect overall survival after curative resection of hepatitis B virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma. 18 Nov 2009
• Acute promyelocytic leukaemia with cryptic PML-RARA fusion. 18 Nov 2009
• Results of treatment methods in cardiac arrest following coronary artery bypass grafting. 16 Nov 2009
• EGFR and KRAS status of primary sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung: implications for anti-EGFR treatment of a rare lung malignancy. 13 Nov 2009
• Carbonic anhydrase IX and human papillomavirus as diagnostic biomarkers of cervical dysplasia/neoplasia in women with a cytologic diagnosis of atypical glandular cells: a Gynecologic Oncology Group study in United States. 13 Nov 2009
• Serum olfactomedin 4 (GW112, hGC-1) in combination with Reg IV is a highly sensitive biomarker for gastric cancer patients. 13 Nov 2009
• Chromosomal abnormalities and novel disease-related regions in progression from Barrett's esophagus to esophageal adenocarcinoma. 13 Nov 2009

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Technical information about 'Aged'

Definition: A person 65 through 79 years of age. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.

Descriptor UI: D000368

Alternative terms: Aged; Elderly;

Related Mesh Headings: Health Services for the Aged; Homes for the Aged; Pensions; Retirement; Housing for the Elderly;

Allowable Qualifiers: psychology; statistics & numerical data; physiology;

Tree Number: M01.060.116.100;

Online Note: pre-explosion = AGED (PX)

History Note: 66; was see under GERIATRICS 1963-65

Technical Notes: age 65-79; NIM as check tag; IM only as psychological or sociological entity; differentiate from AGING, a physiological process, & AGE FACTORS & AGE DISTRIBUTION, statistical concepts