Telomere shortening may be associated with human keloids

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages 110-

  De Felice, Bruna ^a   Wilson, Robert R ^a   Nacca, Massimo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KELOID; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 70549087922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-10-110     Document Type: Article

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