The subtelomere of short telomeres is hypermethylated in alzheimer's disease

Aging and Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-170

  Guan, Jing Zhi ^a   Guan, Wei Ping ^b   Maeda, Toyoki ^c   Makino, Naoki ^c  

^a 309TH HOSPITAL OF PLA   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY BEPPU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; DNA methylation; Subtelomere; Telomere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877353185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21525250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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