Dementia-free centenarians

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 39, Issue 11-12 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 1587-1593

  Perls, Thomas ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Centenarian; Dementia; Demographic selection; Longevity; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

MARKER;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; EPIGENETICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGEVITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LONGEVITY; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 9644270708     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.08.015     Document Type: Conference Paper

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