Telomere shortening, atherosclerosis, and metabolic syndrome

Internal Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 135-136

  Yamada, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Diabetes mellitus; Metabolic syndrome; Telomere

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL AGING; CELL DIVISION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TANDEM REPEAT; TELOMERE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0037299373     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.42.135     Document Type: Editorial

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