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Chromosomes and Mental Changes in Octogenarians Preliminary Findings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Lissy F. Jarvik  and
Takashi Kato
Lissy F. Jarvik
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 722 West 168th Street, New York, N. Y. 10032
Takashi Kato
Affiliation:
New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, 722 West 168th Street, New York, N. Y. 10032
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In conjunction with a longitudinal study of ageing twins (Jarvik, 1967) the opportunity arose to examine the postulated relationship between increasing aneuploidy and age (Jacobs et al., 1961, Hamerton et al. 1965, Court Brown et al., 1966). Chromosome analyses have been completed for 59 subjects, ranging in age from 77 to 93 years with a mean age of 84.5 years for the 23 men and 84.6 years for the 36 women.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 115 , Issue 527 , October 1969 , pp. 1193 - 1194
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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