Reliability and short-term intra-individual variability of telomere length measurement using monochrome multiplexing quantitative PCR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Kim, Sangmi ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^a   Carswell, Gleta ^a   Weinberg, Clarice R ^a   Taylor, Jack A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE;

EID: 80053615523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025774     Document Type: Article

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