Telomere length and psychological well-being in patients with chronic heart failure

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 223-227

  Huzen, Jardi ^a   van der Harst, Pim ^a   de Boer, Rudolf A ^a   Lesman Leegte, Ivonne ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a   van Gilst, Wiek H ^a   Samani, Nilesh J ^b   Jaarsma, Tiny ^a   van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Elderly; Heart failure; Psychological well being; Quality of life; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TELOMERE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE;

EID: 77949414974     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp256     Document Type: Article

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