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Are superagers super rare?

Commentary on “Frequency of cognitive ‘super-ageing’ in three Australian samples using different diagnostic criteria” by Powell et al.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2024

Yuta Katsumi Open the ORCID record for Yuta Katsumi [Opens in a new window]  and
Alexandra Touroutoglou
Yuta Katsumi*
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Frontotemporal Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA
Alexandra Touroutoglou
Affiliation:
Frontotemporal Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA, USA Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA, USA
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 36 , Special Issue 10: Issue Theme: Positive Psychiatry of Aging , October 2024 , pp. 853 - 856
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