Telomere shortening, ageing, and chromosome damage

Mechanisms of Ageing and Development

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 45-49

  Kormann Bortolotto, Maria Helena ^a   Borsatto, Bianca ^a   Smith, Marília De Arruda Cardoso ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Chromosome instability; Telomere shortening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; DOWN SYNDROME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE;

EID: 0030608164     PISSN: 00476374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0047-6374(96)01742-3     Document Type: Article

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