Alcoholics show reduced telomere length in the oesophagus

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 223, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 410-416

  Aida, Junko ^a,b   Yokoyama, Akira ^c   Izumiyama, Naotaka ^a   Nakamura, Ken Ichi ^a   Ishikawa, Naoshi ^a,b   Poon, Steven S ^d   Fujiwara, Mutsunori ^e   Sawabe, Motoji ^a,b   Matsuura, Masaaki ^f   Arai, Tomio ^a,b   Takubo, Kaiyo ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c KURIHAMA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^f CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcoholic; Carcinoma; Oesophagus; Q FISH; Telomere

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; TELOMERE;

EID: 78650592666     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: 10969896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/path.2817     Document Type: Article

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