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Biological and Medical Aspects of Aging

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CNS Metastases Neurosurgery in the Aged

Part of the book series: Advances in Neurosurgery ((NEURO,volume 12))

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The percentage increase of older persons, as well as the doubling of the average expectation of life, since the middle of the last century, has had a significant influence on the development of gerontology in Germany (FDR). The following data should be of great interest not only to all agencies concerned with help and support for the aged, but also to the politicians.

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  1. II. Medizinische Klinik, Institut für Gerontologie der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Klinikum Nürnberg, Flurstrasse 17, D-8500, Nürnberg, Germany

    D. Platt

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  1. Neurochirurgische Klinik, Fakultät für Klinische Medizin, der Universität Heidelberg, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1, D-6800, Mannheim 1, Germany

    Wolfgang Piotrowski

  2. Neurochirurgische Klinik und Poliklinik, Universitätsklinikum Steglitz, Freie Universität Berlin, Hindenburgdamm 30, D-1000, Berlin 45, Germany

    Mario Brock

  3. Neurochirurgische Klinik der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Schwabachanlage 6 (Kopfklinikum), D-8520, Erlangen, Germany

    Margareta Klinger

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Platt, D. (1984). Biological and Medical Aspects of Aging. In: Piotrowski, W., Brock, M., Klinger, M. (eds) CNS Metastases Neurosurgery in the Aged. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 12. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69360-1_20

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