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General Symptomatology of Pathogenic Drug Usage in Old Patients

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Drug administration involves the risk of unwanted side effects in patients of any age. This risk is considerably higher in older patients,5 as is shown by several statistics on this subject.8, 16, 18, 21 Higher risk of unwanted side effects in aged subjects is due to the concomitance of a number of factors1,5,17 i. e

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  1. Department of Medical Pathology, University of Palermo, Italy

    G. Barbagallo Sangiorgi

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  1. Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

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  2. School of Medicine, University College London, London, England

    A. N. Exton-Smith

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Barbagallo Sangiorgi, G. (1984). General Symptomatology of Pathogenic Drug Usage in Old Patients. In: Barbagallo-Sangiorgi, G., Exton-Smith, A.N. (eds) Aging and Drug Therapy. Ettore Majorana International Science Series. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2791-2_4

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