Reduced telomere length in older men with premutation alleles of the fragile X mental retardation 1 gene

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1543-1546

  Jenkins, Edmund C ^a   Tassone, Flora ^b,c   Ye, Lingling ^a   Gu, Hong ^a   Xi, Man ^a   Velinov, Milen ^a   Brown, W Ted ^a   Hagerman, Randi J ^b,d   Hagerman, Paul J ^b,c  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; FMR1; FXTAS; Metaphase; Parkinson; Telomere shortening

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; SYMPTOM; TELOMERE;

AGED; ALLELES; ATAXIA; DEMENTIA; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; SYNDROME; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TELOMERE; TREMOR;

EID: 44849139317     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32342     Document Type: Article

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