White cell telomere length and risk of premature myocardial infarction

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 842-846

  Brouilette, Scott ^a   Singh, Ravi K ^a   Thompson, John R ^a   Goodall, Alison H ^a   Samani, Nilesh J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Coronary disease; Genetics; Myocardial infarction; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; RISK FACTOR; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGING; CORONARY DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE;

EID: 0038640076     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000067426.96344.32     Document Type: Article

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