Estimation of human age according to telomere shortening in peripheral blood leukocytes of Tibetan

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-255

  Ren, Fu ^a   Li, Changyong ^a   Xi, Huanjiu ^a   Wen, Youfeng ^a   Huang, Keqiang ^a  

^a JINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Southern blotting; Telomere; Tibetan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELOMERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORENSIC GENETICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TELOMERE; TIBET; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69549133572     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318187df8e     Document Type: Article

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