Estimating human age from T-cell DNA rearrangements

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 22, 2010, Pages

  Zubakov, D ^a   Liu, F ^a   Van Zelm, M C ^a   Vermeulen, J ^a   Oostra, B A ^a   Van Duijn, C M ^a   Driessen, G J ^a   Van Dongen, J J M ^a   Kayser, M ^a   Langerak, A W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78649290528     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2010.10.022     Document Type: Letter

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