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Mental status examination of an exceptional case of longevity
— J C aged 118 years | | Author(s) | Karen Ritchie |
| Journal title | The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol 166, no 2, February 1995 |
| Pages | pp 229-235 |
| Keywords | Longevity ; Centenarians ; Older women ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; France. |
| Annotation | Documents the mental status examination of an extreme case of longevity in France of a woman aged 118 years and 9 months, which found no evidence of progressive neurological disease. Concludes that a high level of intellectual ability may have been a protective factor in this case. |
| Accession Number | CPA-950131003 A |
| Classmark | BGA: BBT: BD: DA:4C: 765 |
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