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The Relationship between Telomere Length and Mortality in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

Some have suggested that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a disease of accelerated aging. Aging is characterized by shortening of telomeres. The relationship of telomere length to important clinical outcomes such as mortality, disease progression and cancer in COPD is unknown. Using q...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jee, Sandford, Andrew J., Connett, John E., Yan, Jin, Mui, Tammy, Li, Yuexin, Daley, Denise, Anthonisen, Nicholas R., Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Man, S. F. Paul, Sin, Don D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558169
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035567