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Leukocyte telomere length dynamics in women and men: menopause vs age effects

Background: A longer leukocyte telomere length (LTL) in women than men has been attributed to a slow rate of LTL attrition in women, perhaps due to high estrogen exposure during the premenopausal period. Methods: To test this premise we performed a longitudinal study (an average follow-up of 12 year...

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Autores principales: Dalgård, Christine, Benetos, Athanase, Verhulst, Simon, Labat, Carlos, Kark, Jeremy D, Christensen, Kaare, Kimura, Masayuki, Kyvik, Kirsten Ohm, Aviv, Abraham
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4681111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26385867
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyv165