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The relationship between age, gender and cognitive performance in the very old
 — the effect of selective survival
Author(s)T Perls, J Morris, Wee Lock Ooi, L Lipsitz
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 41, no 11, November 1993
Pagespp 1193-1201
KeywordsDementia ; Death.
AnnotationTests the hypothesis that since cognitive dysfunction and related disorders are associated with increased mortality, individuals surviving into far advanced age may be a selected cohort who have escaped the development of neurodegenerative disease.
Accession NumberCPA-950118036 A
ClassmarkEA: CW

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