Laboratory parameters in centenarians of Italian ancestry

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 119-122

  Lio, D ^a   Malaguarnera, M ^b   Maugeri, D ^b   Ferlito, L ^b   Bennati, E ^b   Scola, L ^a   Motta, M ^b   Caruso, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Elderly subjects; Extreme longevity; Laboratory parameters

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B100; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFECTION; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROKE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD UREA NITROGEN; BODY CONSTITUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGEVITY; PLATELET COUNT; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 38149116291     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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