4th International Symposium Present State and Research Perspectives in the Experimental and Clinical Gerontology
First Statement of Responsibility
edited by Dieter Platt.
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Berlin, Heidelberg
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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1989
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(xiii, 316 pages 75 illustrations)
CONTENTS NOTE
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From the Contents: Red Blood Cell Membrane1/mComposition and Aging --;Neuropathic, Microangiopathic, and Macroangiopathic Complications in Hospitalized Diabetic Patients of Old Age --;Regulation of Force of Contraction in the Aged and Diseased Myocardium --;The Effect of Dietary Restriction on Life Span --;Role of the Day Hospital in Rehabilitation and Resettlement at Home --;Drug-Drug Interactions in Geriatric Patients --;Changes of Myocardial Structure With Aging --;Changes in Structure and Metabolism of Proteoglycans in Aging --;Nonenzymatic Glycosylation of Collagen as a Model of Posttranslational Aging --;The Aging Human Cerebral Cortex: Morphometry of Areal Differences and Their Functional Meaning --;Advances in Cytogerontology --;Results from a Longitudinal Study of Initially 70-Year-Old Subjects in Giessen Followed Up for 10 Years --;The Amyloidosis of Alzheimer's Disease --;Altered Response to Benzodiazepines in the Elderly --;Drug Treatment of Hypertensive Geriatric Patients --;Amyloid Deposits Derived from Various Proteins --;A Hallmark of Old Age --;€-Blockade in the Elderly --;DNA-Information and Aging: The Balance Between Alteration and Repair --;Treatment With Diuretics in the Elderly --;General Aspects of Pharmacokinetics in the Elderly --;Age-Dependent Changes in Structure, Properties, and Biosynthesis of Collagen --;Geriatric Rehabilitation --;The Present State and Further Developments --;Nutritional Problems in Geriatric Patients --;Age-Dependent Phagocytosis by Short-Term cultured Kupffer Cells.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The programmed aging hypothesis suggests that aging cannot be altered by any external influence, that aging is programmed from the beginning of life until the end of senescence.