Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Vitamin D Deficiency Are Associated with Shorter Telomere Length among African Americans: A Case-Control Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Hoffecker, Brett M ^a   Raffield, Laura M ^a   Kamen, Diane L ^a   Nowling, Tamara K ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; CELL ANTIBODY; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CELL AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TELOMERE SHORTENING; UNITED STATES; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84877896768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063725     Document Type: Article

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