T Perls, D Terry - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - Am Coll Physicians Centenarians represent an extreme of life expectancy. They achieve their
exceptional longevity in part by lacking genetic vari- ations linked to
premature death. Pedigree studies have shown a substantial familial ... Cited by 36 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
- ►uky.edu [PDF] T Perls, D Terry - Experimental gerontology, 2003 - Elsevier Centenarians exist at the extreme of life expectancy and are rare. A number of
pedigree and molecular genetic studies indicate that a significant component of
exceptional longevity is genetically influenced. Furthermore, the recent ... Cited by 37 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
J Zyczkowska, A Klich-Raczka, M … - Journal of human hypertension, 2004 - cat.inist.fr The objective of the study is assessment of the prevalence and type of
hypertension in centenarians in Poland. The investigations included 92 people
who had turned 100 years of age, who, within the protocol of the Project of ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
M Motta, E Bennati, L Ferlito, M Malaguarnera … - Archives of gerontology and geriatrics, 2005 - Elsevier The term “successful aging” appeared in the first issue of “The
Gerontologist” in 1961. During the successive years, this expression has
changed its meaning. Nowadays, successful aging means “absence of ... Cited by 25 - Related articles - All 3 versions
DF Terry, M Wilcox, MA McCormick, E Lawler, … - Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and …, 2003 - Geron Soc America Methods. The health histories of centenarian offspring ( ) and controls ( ) were
assessed from 1997–2000 using a cross-sectional study design. The offspring of
192 centenarian subjects enrolled in the nationwide New England Centenarian ... Cited by 56 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
T Perls - Trends in Neurosciences, 2004 - Elsevier Some researchers and many in the lay public believe the ageist myth that the
older you get the sicker you get. If this were true, it would follow that most
if not all centenarians should have Alzheimer's disease. Numerous ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 7 versions
T Perls - ANNALS-NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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- ►highwire.org M Pahor, WB Applegate - BMJ, 1997 - bmjcom.highwire.org Cardiovascular disease New data support the benefits of aspirin in
cardiovascular disease, which is still the most common cause of death and
disability in older people. The international stroke trial and the Chinese ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
