Vol. 24, Nr 6 - December 2012

Summary

Review Articles

Page 561 The influence of age and gender on antioxidant enzyme activities in humans and laboratory animals
Marta Giergiel1, Maciej Lopucki2, Norbert Stachowicz2 and Marta Kankofer1 
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Page 570 Taste loss in the elderly: epidemiology, causes and consequences
Alessandra Imoscopi, Emine Meral Inelmen, Giuseppe Sergi, Fabrizia Miotto and Enzo Manzato
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Page 580 The potential protective effect of tramiprosate (homotaurine) against Alzheimer’s disease: a review
Carlo Caltagirone1, Luigi Ferrannini2, Niccolò Marchionni3, Giuseppe Nappi4, Giovanni Scapagnini5 and Marco Trabucchi6
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Original Articles

Page 588 The impact of inflammation to the antioxidant defense parameters in AMD patients
Emina Colak1, Nada Majkic-Singh1, Lepša Žoric2, Aleksandra Radosavljevic2 and Natalija Kosanovic-Jakovic2
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Page 595 Vitamin D status and oxidative stress markers in the elderly with impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes mellitus
Daniela Gradinaru1,2, Claudia Borsa1, Cristina Ionescu1, Denisa Margina2, Gabriel I. Prada1,3 and Eugène Jansen4
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Page 603 Age related changes in gene expression within the cochlea of C57BL/6J mice
Robert Jeffery Marano1,2, Jennifer Tickner3 and Sharon Leanne Redmond1,2
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Page 612 Bioimpedance spectroscopy as a measure of physical functioning in nursing home residents
Mikko P. Björkman1, Harriet Finne-Soveri2, Taru K. Pilvi3 and Reijo S. Tilvis1,4
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Page 619 Effects on body composition of different short-term rehabilitation programs in long-stay hospitalized elderly women
Martina Anna Maggioni1, Emiliano Cè1,2, Geremia Giordano3, Simona Bertoli4, Alberto Battezzati4, Arsenio Veicsteinas1,2 and Giampiero Merati1,2
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Page 627 Determinants of prolonged intensive care unit stay after cardiac surgery in the elderly
Francesco Cacciatore1* Clara Belluomo Anello2*, Nicoletta Ferrara2*, Francesca Mazzella1, Marialuisa Manzi2, Ugo De Angelis2 and Pasquale Abete3
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Page 635 Diagnosis of chronic mesenteric ischemia in older patients: a structured review
Fabrizio Cardin2, Stefania Fratta1, Emine Meral Inelmen1, Giuseppe Sergi1, Enzo Manzato1 and Claudio Terranova3
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Page 640 Does a multicomponent exercise program improve dual-task performance in amnestic mild cognitive impairment? A randomized controlled trial
Hyuma Makizako1,2, Takehiko Doi1, Hiroyuki Shimada1, Daisuke Yoshida1, Kota Tsutsumimoto1, Kazuki Uemura1,2 and Takao Suzuki3
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Page 647 Tip-of-the-tongue in aging: influence of vocabulary, working memory and processing speed
David Facal1, Onésimo Juncos-Rabadán1, María Soledad Rodríguez2 and Arturo X. Pereiro1
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Page 657 Lower body site-specific sarcopenia and accelerometer-determined moderate and vigorous physical activity: the HIREGASAKI study
Takashi Abe1,2, Naotoshi Mitsukawa2, Robert S. Thiebaud3, Jeremy P. Loenneke3, Mark Loftin1 and Madoka Ogawa4
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Page 663 The effect of cataract on sleep time and quality in late adulthood
Yeong Hoon Kim1, Kyu In Jung2 and Chan Hee Song3
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Page 669 Usual dietary intake and cardiovascular risk factors in older Brazilian women
Otávio T. Nóbrega1, Roberta S. Paula2, Sarah R.S. Silveira2, Alause S. Pires2, Juliana O. Toledo2,3, Clayton F. Moraes1,4 and Claudio Córdova5
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Page 675 Beta blockers therapy is associated with improved left ventricular systolic function and sustained exercise capacity in elderly patients with heart failure. CIBIS-ELD sub-study
Milica Dekleva1, Hans-Dirk Düngen2, Götz Gelbrich3, Simone Incrot2, Jelena Suzic Lazic4, Milena Pavlovic Kleut4, Elvis Tahirovic2 and Finn Waagstein5
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Page 682 Effect of age on treatment, trends and outcome of patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation: insights from a 20-years registry in a middle-eastern country (1991-2010)
Amar M. Salam1, Hajar A. AlBinali1, Essa M. Al-Sulaiti2, Abdul Wahid Al-Mulla1, Rajvir Singh1 and Jassim Al Suwaidi1
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Page 691 Primary knee replacement for primary osteoarthritis in the aged: gender differences in epidemiology and preoperative clinical state
Esa Jämsen1,2, Pirkko Jäntti2,3, Timo Puolakka1 and Antti Eskelinen1
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Page 699 Functional ability, mobility, and pain before and after knee replacement in patients aged 75 and older: a cross-sectional study
Katriina Limnell1,2, Esa Jämsen1,2, Heini Huhtala3, Pirkko Jäntti2,4, Timo Puolakka1 and Marja Jylhä3,5
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Page 707 Caring burden and associated factors of care providers for senile dementia patients in an urban-rural fringe of Fuzhou City, China
Hong Li1, Honghui Zhang1, He Huang1, Yinzhou Wang1 and Hualing Huang2
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Page 714 Efficiency of radioactive I-131 therapy in geriatric patients with toxic nodular goiter
Melih Engin Erkan1, Hilmi Demirin2, Muhammed Aşık1, Gökhan Celbek3, Mustafa Yıldırım1, Yusuf Aydın3, Adem Güngör3 and Ahmet Semih Doğan1
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Page 718 Caregiver status affects medication adherence among older home care clients with heart failure
Andrea D. Foebel1, John P. Hirdes1 and George A. Heckman1,2
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Letter to the Editor

Page 722 Circulating tumor cells in young and elderly patients with colorectal cancer: “lupus et agnus”
Paola Gazzaniga1*, Walter Gianni2*, Angela Gradilone1, Cristina Raimondi1, Enrico Cortesi3 and Luigi Frati1
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