Effects of size at birth, childhood growth patterns and growth hormone treatment on leukocyte telomere length

BACKGROUND: Small size at birth and rapid growth in early life are associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease in later life. Short children born small for gestational age (SGA) are treated with growth hormone (GH), inducing catch-up in length. Leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is a marke...

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Autores principales: Smeets, Carolina C. J., Codd, Veryan, Denniff, Matthew, Samani, Nilesh J., Hokken-Koelega, Anita C. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5298325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28178350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171825

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5298325/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28178350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0171825

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