No shorter telomeres in subjects with a family history of cardiovascular disease in the asklepios study

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3076-3081

  De Meyer, Tim ^a   Van Daele, Caroline M ^a   De Buyzere, Marc L ^a   Denil, Simon ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^a   Segers, Patrick ^a   Cooman, Luc ^b   De Backer, Guy G ^a   Gillebert, Thierry C ^a   Bekaert, Sofie ^c   Rietzschel, Ernst R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Association of Primary Care Physicians Asklepios VOF   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Asklepios Study; cardiovascular disease; family history; telomere; telomere hypothesis of cardiovascular diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ADULT; BELGIUM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; PREVALENCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84870053431     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300341     Document Type: Article

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