title: [Anemia in the elderly: a frequent condition that should not be overlooked].
abstract: Anemia is a frequent disease in elderly persons, but is often undertreated and misunderstood as a physiologic consequence of aging. Nevertheless, its association with some negative clinical impacts is well known and widely documented in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Département de réhabilitation det de gériatrie, Hôpital des Trois-Chêne, HUG, Thônex. Emilia.Frangos@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Frangos
authors.forename: Kaveh
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Samii
authors.forename: Jean-Jacques
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Perrenoud
authors.forename: Ulrich M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Vischer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000740:Anemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans