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The concept of frailty was introduced in literature to help atclinically depicting the transition of a robust older individualinto a different clinical phenotype of risk (1-5). Frailty isgenerally described as a multisystemic impairment responsiblefor a state of increased vulnerability to endogenous andexogenous stressors (6, 7). This syndrome may represent thefirst step towards the evident and clinically relevant functionaldisability (a cornerstone outcome for geriatric medicine)8, andhas shown to be predictive of major negative health-relatedevents, including


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