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Vascular Changes and Aging

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The progress of cardiovascular prevention and the large use of antibiotics have determined in the last fifty years a progressive increase of life duration, especially in the western countries, and so, a noticeable increase of elderly subjects in the population (1,2).

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  1. Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, Italy

    Prof. Salvatore Novo (Chair of Clinical Pathophysiology)

  2. Department of Internal Medicine II, Institute of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Italy

    Agostino Geraci & Claudio Pernice

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  2. School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    James R. Sowers

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Novo, S., Geraci, A., Pernice, C. (1998). Vascular Changes and Aging. In: Barbagallo, M., Licata, G., Sowers, J.R. (eds) Recent Advances in Geriatrics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1483-5_7

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