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The association between telomere length and mortality in Bangladesh
Telomeres are tandem repeat sequences at the end of chromosomes that bind proteins to protect chromosome ends. Telomeres shorten with age, and shorter leukocyte telomere length (TL) has been associated with overall mortality in numerous studies. However, this association has not been tested in popul...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Impact Journals LLC
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5509454/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28630379 http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.101246 |