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Frailty: The quest for new domains, clinical definitions and subtypes. Is this justified on new evidence emerging?

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  1. Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Getafe, Spain

    Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas

  2. Institute for Diabetes in Older People, University of Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, UK

    A. J. Sinclair

  3. So de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Ctra. De Toledo, Km. 12.5, 28905, Getafe, Spain

    Leocadio Rodríguez-Mañas

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Rodríguez-Mañas, L., Sinclair, A.J. Frailty: The quest for new domains, clinical definitions and subtypes. Is this justified on new evidence emerging?. J Nutr Health Aging 18, 92–94 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-013-0433-9

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