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Measuring Frailty in HIV-infected Individuals. Identification of Frail Patients is the First Step to Amelioration and Reversal of Frailty
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Questioning the validity of questionnaire-based frailty measures in cardiovascular risk prediction
Brijesh Sathian1, Farah Rahat1, Reham Kamal Aboshdid1
1Geriatrics and Long-term Care Department, Rumailah Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Geriatrics & Gerontology International
|September 19, 2025
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