Mild cognitive impairment identified in older individuals with down syndrome by reduced telomere signal numbers and shorter telomeres measured in microns

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 598-604

  Jenkins, Edmund C ^a   Ye, Lingling ^a   Velinov, Milen ^a   Krinsky Mchale, Sharon J ^a   Zigman, Warren B ^a   Schupf, Nicole ^a,b   Silverman, Wayne P ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE INSTITUTE FOR BASIC RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; FISH; Mild cognitive impairment; PNA telomere signal number; Telomere length in microns

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 21; CHROMOSOME SIZE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; INTERPHASE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 21; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPHASE; LIGHT; MALE; METAPHASE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84861939416     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32066     Document Type: Article

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