Circulating leukocyte telomere length is highly heritable among families of Arab descent

BACKGROUND: Telomere length, an indicator of ageing and longevity, has been correlated with several biomarkers of cardiometabolic disease in both Arab children and adults. It is not known, however, whether or not telomere length is a highly conserved inheritable trait in this homogeneous cohort, whe...

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Autores principales: Al-Attas, Omar S, Al-Daghri, Nasser M, Alokail, Majed S, Alkharfy, Khalid M, Alfadda, Assim A, McTernan, Philip, Gibson, Greg C, Sabico, Shaun B, Chrousos, George P
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-13-38

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3458987/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2350-13-38

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