Leukocyte telomere length, hypertension, and atherosclerosis are there potential mechanistic explanations?

Hypertension

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 590-591

  Aviv, Abraham ^a,b  

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

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINESE; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; EDITORIAL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL AGING; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TELOMERE;

EID: 64849085968     PISSN: 0194911X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.109.128926     Document Type: Editorial

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