Laboratory parameters of Italian centenarians

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 67-74

  Motta, Luciano ^a  

^a CANNIZZARO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hypercholesterolemia; Hypertriglyceridemia; Italian centenarians; Laboratory parameters in centenarians

Indexed keywords

URIC ACID;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UREMIA;

EID: 0345404247     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(98)00100-9     Document Type: Article

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