Telomerase activity in connective tissue diseases: Elevated in rheumatoid arthritis, but markedly decreased in systemic sclerosis

Rheumatology International

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 579-583

  Tarhan, Figen ^a   Vural, Filiz ^a   Kosova, Buket ^a   Aksu, Kenan ^a,b   Cogulu, Ozgur ^a   Keser, Gokhan ^a   Gündüz, Cumhur ^a   Tombuloglu, Murat ^a   Oder, Gonca ^a   Karaca, Emin ^a   Doganavsargil, Eker ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Rheumatic diseases; Telomerase

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELOMERE;

ADULT; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; TELOMERASE;

EID: 41049093052     PISSN: 01728172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-007-0472-9     Document Type: Article

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