The extreme longevity: The state of the art in Italy

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Franceschi, Claudio ^a,b   Motta, Luciano ^c   Motta, Massimo ^c   Malaguarnera, Mariano ^c   Capri, Miriam ^a   Vasto, Sonya ^d   Candore, Giuseppina ^d   Caruso, Calogero ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR;

ACEI GENE; AGING; ALLELE; BIRTH RATE; BONE MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTENARIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ITALY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; SENESCENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS; SURVIVAL RATE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 38349078474     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.06.006     Document Type: Editorial

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