Progeroid syndromes: Probing the molecular basis of aging?

Journal of Clinical Pathology - Molecular Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 234-241

  Kipling, David ^a   Faragher, Richard G A ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Progeroid syndromes; Werner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

AGING; CELL AGING; CELL FUSION; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGERIA; REVIEW; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0030707880     PISSN: 13668714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/mp.50.5.234     Document Type: Review

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