Physiological basis of aging and geriatrics
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Physiological basis of aging and geriatrics
Macmillan Pub. Co. , Collier Macmillan, c1988
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Includes bibliographies and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book relates the physiological principles of the ageing process in general to the diagnosis and treatment of the individual elderly patient in particular. It is suitable as a reference source for specialist practioners in gerontology, geriatrics and general medicine, as well as the student
Table of Contents
- Part 1 General perspectives: aging as a stage in the life cycle
- demographic, comparative and differential aging
- aging and disease
- theories of aging. Part 2 Molecular and cellular aging: degenerative changes in cells and cell death
- anzymatic changes in aging
- oxygen radical generation and protective systems
- aging of the immune system. Part 3 Systemic and organic aging: aging of the nervous system, functional changes
- aging of the nervous system, sensory changes
- aging of the hypothalmo-pituitary-adrenal system
- aging of the female reproductive system, the menopause
- aging of the male reproductive system
- the thyroid and basal metabolism
- the pancreas and glucose metabolism
- aging of the cardiovascular metabolism - atherosclerosis
- aging of the cardiovascular system - lipoproteins
- the lung
- the kidney
- gastrointestinal system and liver
- aging of the musculoskeletal system and heart
- the skin, connective tissue and aging. Part 4 Prevention and rehabilitation: drug management and pharmacokinetics in the elderly
- effects of nutrition on aging
- physical medicine and rehabilitation
- an agenda for healthful aging.
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