[Neurologic polymorbidity in senescence: 467 cases].
In this paper we studied the neurological polymorbidity in a group of 467 hospitalized patients of more than 70 years of age. A disorder of the central nervous system (CNS) was of the principal mainly diagnosis in 393 cases, the peripheral nervous system (PNS) in 71 cases and in 3 cases a myopathy. In 77.9%, the various neurological disorders were within the CNS, including mainly cerebrovascular events (226 cases, 48%). Among 156 patients, there was an accompanying disorder of the PNS.
Service de neurologie, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, Lausanne.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications; D015897:Comorbidity; D006801:Humans; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000150:complications; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications*