Age and Ageing

Editorials:

N Steel

Dehydro-epiandrosterone and ageing
Age Ageing 1999 28: 89-91; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.89 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Articles:

S Stone

Stroke units: more trials needed
Age Ageing 1999 28: 95-97; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.95 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Meara, BK Bhowmick, and P Hobson

Accuracy of diagnosis in patients with presumed Parkinson's disease
Age Ageing 1999 28: 99-102; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.99 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JL Firvida, N Vinolas, M Munoz, JJ Grau, M Daniels, A Estape, and J Estape

Age: a critical factor in cancer management. A prospective comparative study of 400 patients
Age Ageing 1999 28: 103-105; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.103 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

L Kyne, C Merry, B O'Connell, A Kelly, C Keane, and D O'Neill

Factors associated with prolonged symptoms and severe disease due to Clostridium difficile
Age Ageing 1999 28: 107-113; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.107 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

ST O'Keeffe and JN Lavan

Clinical significance of delirium subtypes in older people
Age Ageing 1999 28: 115-119; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.115 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

IP Donald and CJ Bulpitt

The prognosis of falls in elderly people living at home
Age Ageing 1999 28: 121-125; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.121 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CR Ward, S McIntosh, and RA Kenny

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity--a modifiable risk factor for fractured neck of femur
Age Ageing 1999 28: 127-133; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.127 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

R Norton, AJ Campbell, IR Reid, M Butler, R Currie, E Robinson, and H Gray

Residential status and risk of hip fracture
Age Ageing 1999 28: 135-139; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.135 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

JM Potter, B O'Donnel, WF Carman, MA Roberts, and DJ Stott

Serological response to influenza vaccination and nutritional and functional status of patients in geriatric medical long-term care
Age Ageing 1999 28: 141-145; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.141 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

PK Hilleras, AF Jorm, A Herlitz, and B Winblad

Activity patterns in very old people: a survey of cognitively intact subjects aged 90 years or older
Age Ageing 1999 28: 147-152; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.147 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

F Beland and MV Zunzunegui

Predictors of functional status in older people living at home
Age Ageing 1999 28: 153-159; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.153 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

GG Fillenbaum, V Chandra, M Ganguli, R Pandav, JE Gilby, EC Seaberg, S Belle, C Baker, DA Echement, and LM Nath

Development of an activities of daily living scale to screen for dementia in an illiterate rural older population in India
Age Ageing 1999 28: 161-168; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.161 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

DJ Carver, CA Chapman, VS Thomas, KJ Stadnyk, and K Rockwood

Validity and reliability of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-20 questionnaire as a measure of quality of life in elderly people living at home
Age Ageing 1999 28: 169-174; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.169 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

A Goulding, RW Taylor, D Keil, E Gold, NJ Lewis-Barned, and SM Williams

Lactose malabsorption and rate of bone loss in older women
Age Ageing 1999 28: 175-180; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.175 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

SJ Lewis, LF Potts, R Malhotra, and R Mountford

Small bowel bacterial overgrowth in subjects living in residential care homes
Age Ageing 1999 28: 181-185; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.181 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

J Urquhart, DC Kennie, PS Murdoch, RG Smith, and I Lennox

Costing for long-term care: the development of Scottish health service resource utilization groups as a casemix instrument
Age Ageing 1999 28: 187-192; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.187 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

TT Perls, K Bochen, M Freeman, L Alpert, and MH Silver

Validity of reported age and centenarian prevalence in New England
Age Ageing 1999 28: 193-197; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.193 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KK Leung, LY Tang, WC Chie, BH Lue, and LT Lee

Mortality trends of elderly people in Taiwan from 1974 to 1994
Age Ageing 1999 28: 199-203; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.199 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MA Rogers and DG Simon

A preliminary study of dietary aluminium intake and risk of Alzheimer's disease
Age Ageing 1999 28: 205-209; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.205 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

KM Chiu, MJ Schmidt, TC Havighurst, AL Shug, RA Daynes, ET Keller, and S Gravenstein

Correlation of serum L-carnitine and dehydro-epiandrosterone sulphate levels with age and sex in healthy adults
Age Ageing 1999 28: 211-216; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.211 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

N Thomas, HA Morris, F Scopacasa, JM Wishart, and AG Need

Relationships between age, dehydro-epiandrosterone sulphate and plasma glucose in healthy men
Age Ageing 1999 28: 217-220; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.217 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

MT Vidan, B Fernandez-Gutierrez, C Hernandez-Garcia, JA Serra, JM Ribera, M Perez-Blas, JR Regueiro, A Banares, and JA Jover

Functional integrity of the CD28 co-stimulatory pathway in T lymphocytes from elderly subjects
Age Ageing 1999 28: 221-227; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.221 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

YL Lee, T Cesario, A Pax, C Tran, A Ghouri, and LD Thrupp

Nasal colonization by Staphylococcus aureus in active, independent, community seniors
Age Ageing 1999 28: 229-232; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.229 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

CA Donnellan and JR Playfer

A case of coprophagia presenting with sialadenitis
Age Ageing 1999 28: 233-234; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.233 [Abstract] [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

Letters:

M Mackenzie, L Zypchen, S Ansari, and A Panju

Collagenous colitis: a modifiable cause of diarrhoea in older people
Age Ageing 1999 28: 235-236; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.235 [PDF] [Request Permissions]  

M Lye, JL Vega Vega, JF Macias Nunez, P Millard, B Vellas, R Moulias, M Passeri, B Steen, R Reis, R Fisher, R Kaplan, PP Marin Larrain, D Galinsky, AV Diaz Diaz, GF Vara, JM Ribera Casado, and FG Llera

Declaration of Yuste. European Working Party
Age Ageing 1999 28: 236a; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.236a [Request Permissions]  

ID Cox, A Blight, and JP Lyons

Air-terminal stress and the older traveller
Age Ageing 1999 28: 236b-237b; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.236b [Request Permissions]  

C Helmer, B Dubroca, L Letenneur, C Fabrigoule, P Barberger-Gateau, and JF Dartigues

Agitation and aggressiveness in elderly people at home
Age Ageing 1999 28: 237-238; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.237 [Request Permissions]  

CG Krasucki

Anxiety as the reason why previous psychiatric illness is a risk factor for dementia
Age Ageing 1999 28: 238-239; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.238 [Request Permissions]  

J Snape, B Flynn, and A Akbar

Inappropriate acute admissions from nursing homes
Age Ageing 1999 28: 239-240; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.239 [Request Permissions]  

J George

Community hospitals...and district general hospitals
Age Ageing 1999 28: 240a; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.240a [Request Permissions]  

J Knox

Community hospitals...and district general hospitals
Age Ageing 1999 28: 240b; doi:10.1093/ageing/28.2.240b [Request Permissions]  

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