Association of increased telomere lengths in limited scleroderma, with a lack of age-related telomere erosion

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1780-1782

  MacIntyre, A ^a   Brouilette, S W ^b   Lamb, K ^a   Radhakrishnan, K ^a   McGlynn, L ^a   Chee, M M ^a   Parkinson, E K ^c   Freeman, D ^a   Madhok, R ^d   Shiels, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TELOMERE;

EID: 56749153902     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.086652     Document Type: Article

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