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The heritability of leucocyte telomere length dynamics

BACKGROUND: Leucocyte telomere length (LTL) is a complex trait associated with ageing and longevity. LTL dynamics are defined by LTL and its age-dependent attrition. Strong, but indirect evidence suggests that LTL at birth and its attrition during childhood largely explains interindividual LTL varia...

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Autores principales: Hjelmborg, Jacob B, Dalgård, Christine, Möller, Soren, Steenstrup, Troels, Kimura, Masayuki, Christensen, Kaare, Kyvik, Kirsten O, Aviv, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4413805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25770094
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102736