Telomere length inversely correlates with pulse pressure and is highly familial

Hypertension

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-200

  Jeanclos, Elisabeth ^a   Schork, Nicholas J ^b,c,d   Kyvik, Kirsten O ^e   Kimura, Masayuki ^a   Skurnick, Joan H ^a,d   Aviv, Abraham ^a,f  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Blood pressure; Pulse; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CELL AGING; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TELOMERE;

EID: 0033901259     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.HYP.36.2.195     Document Type: Article

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