Reduced telomere length in rheumatoid arthritis is independent of disease activity and duration

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 476-480

  Steer, Sophia E ^a   Williams, Frances M K ^a   Kato, Bernet ^a   Gardner, Jeffry P ^c   Norman, Paul J ^b   Hall, Margaret A ^a   Kimura, Masayuki ^c   Vaughan, Robert ^a   Aviv, Abraham ^c   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TELOMERE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34147223156     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.059188     Document Type: Article

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