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MULTIPLE PATHOLOGY IN A SEPTUAGENARIAN
Author(s) -
Howell Trevor H.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1968.tb02759.x
Subject(s) - medicine , autopsy , pathological , thrombosis , pathology , surgery , general surgery
A bstract An autopsy on a woman aged 71 revealed 25 separate pathological lesions. The cause of death was coronary thrombosis. The case is reviewed in relation to multiple pathology found in other elderly subjects. The number of lesions increased with advancing age in these series.