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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Not Depression Is Associated with Shorter Leukocyte Telomere Length: Findings from 3,000 Participants in the Population-Based KORA F4 Study

BACKGROUND: A link between severe mental stress and shorter telomere length (TL) has been suggested. We analysed the impact of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on TL in the general population and postulated a dose-dependent TL association in subjects suffering from partial PTSD compared to full...

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Autores principales: Ladwig, Karl-Heinz, Brockhaus, Anne Catharina, Baumert, Jens, Lukaschek, Karoline, Emeny, Rebecca T., Kruse, Johannes, Codd, Veryan, Häfner, Sibylle, Albrecht, Eva, Illig, Thomas, Samani, Nilesh J., Wichmann, H. Erich, Gieger, Christian, Peters, Annette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3700974/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23843935
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064762