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Short telomeres increase the risk of severe COVID-19

Telomeres are non-coding DNA sequences that protect chromosome ends and shorten with age. Short telomere length (TL) is associated with chronic diseases and immunosenescence. The main risk factor for mortality of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is older age, but outcome is very heterogeneous amo...

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Autores principales: Froidure, Antoine, Mahieu, Manon, Hoton, Delphine, Laterre, Pierre-François, Yombi, Jean Cyr, Koenig, Sandra, Ghaye, Benoit, Defour, Jean-Philippe, Decottignies, Anabelle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Impact Journals 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7655194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33104521
http://dx.doi.org/10.18632/aging.104097