Accelerated telomere shortening in young recipients of allogeneic bone-marrow transplants

Lancet

Volumn 351, Issue 9097, 1998, Pages 178-181

  Wynn, Robert F ^a,c   Cross, Michael A ^a   Hatton, Claire ^b   Will, Andrew M ^c   Lashford, Linda S ^a,c   Dexter, T Michael ^a   Testa, Nydia G ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Willink Biochemical Genetics Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL MANCHESTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0032539451     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)08256-1     Document Type: Article

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