Decreased Leukocyte Telomere Length (LTL) Is Associated with Stroke but Unlikely to Be Causative

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Xin ^a   Dong, Ming ^b   Cheng, Jinquan ^c   Huang, Sichun ^a   He, Yitao ^a   Ma, Kefu ^a   Tang, Bingshan ^a   Guo, Yi ^a  

^a SHENZHEN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; INHERITANCE; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; LIFESTYLE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIBLING; SOCIAL PROBLEM; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; STROKE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84879828945     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068254     Document Type: Article

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