Are telomere lengths of leukocytes from patients with pulmonary fibrosis really genetically determined?

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 852-

  Xue, Jianmin ^a   Duncan, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEREDITY; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LETTER; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NOTE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; TELOMERE;

EID: 65549150793     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.179.9.852     Document Type: Letter

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