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“Advanced Summer School on Pathobiology of Aging” — First Course

May 4–9, 1997, Pisa and Volterra, Italy

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  1. Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA

    E. J. Masoro & A. Richardson

  2. Baylor College of Medicine, Division of Molecular Virology, Departments of Cell Biology and Medicine, The Huffington Center on Aging, Houston, Texas, USA

    J. R. Smith

  3. Biological Gerontology Group, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

    T. B. L. Kirkwood

  4. Geriatric Education, Research and Clinical Center, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, Texas, USA

    A. Richardson

  5. Center for Gerontological Research, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    V. J. Cristofalo

  6. Italian National Research Council, Progetto Finalizzato Invecchiamento, Firenze, Italy

    A. Di Carlo, M. Baldereschi, S. Maggi & L. Amaducci

  7. Department of Pharmacology, MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine, Allegheny University of the Health Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    J. Roberts & D. Snyder

  8. Biology of Aging Program NIA/NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA

    R. Sprott

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Masoro, E.J., Smith, J.R., Kirkwood, T.B.L. et al. “Advanced Summer School on Pathobiology of Aging” — First Course. Aging Clin Exp Res 9, 436–446 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03339626

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