Relation between body height and replicative capacity of human fibroblasts in nonagenarians

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-45

  Maier, Andrea B ^a   Van Heemst, Diana ^a   Westendorp, Rudi G J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; AGED; CELL AGING; CELL CULTURE; LONGEVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY HEIGHT; CELL AGING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE;

EID: 41149089749     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.1.43     Document Type: Letter

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