Telomeric length varies with age and polymorphisms of the MAOA gene promoter in peripheral blood cells obtained from a community in Taiwan

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Lung, For Wey ^a   Fan, Pao Luo ^a   Chen, Nathan C ^b   Shu, Bih Ching ^b  

^a KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Age; MAOA promoter gene polymorphisms; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; TELOMERE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN; TELOMERE;

EID: 15744368205     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041444-200503000-00006     Document Type: Article

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