A new onset of fatigue in an active elderly man
Wolf-Klein, G.P.; Jason, M.K.; Desner, M.; Fish, B.; Silvergleid, R.
Geriatrics 44(9): 85-86
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-867X PMID: 2548931 Document Number: 326878
Fatigue is often perceived as part of normal aging. Yet for many active elderly, a complaint of generalized, non-specific weakness should alert the physician to the existence of possible underlying pathology, as this case demonstrates.
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