Synchrony in telomere length of the human fetus

Human Genetics

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 640-643

  Youngren, Kjell ^a   Jeanclos, Elisabeth ^a   Aviv, Hana ^a   Kimura, Masayuki ^a   Stock, Jeffrey ^a   Hanna, Moneer ^a   Skurnick, Joan ^a   Bardeguez, Arlene ^a   Aviv, Abraham ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TELOMERE; TISSUE;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; DENSITOMETRY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; TELOMERE;

EID: 0031903483     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050755     Document Type: Article

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