Short telomere length in blood leucocytes contributes to the presence of atherothrombotic stroke and haemorrhagic stroke and risk of post-stroke death

Clinical Science

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-36

  Zhang, Weili ^a   Chen, Yu ^a   Wang, Yuyao ^a   Liu, Peng ^b   Zhang, Mei ^c   Zhang, Channa ^a   Hu, Frank B ^d   Hui, Rutai ^a  

^a FUWAI HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHINA JAPAN FRIENDSHIP HOSPITAL   (China)

^c First Hospital of Huainan   (China)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracerebral haemorrhage; Ischaemic stroke; Risk factor; Telomere genetics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LACUNAR STROKE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTSTROKE DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STROKE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84875587116     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20120691     Document Type: Article

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