Analysis of telomere length and subtelomeric methylation of circulating leukocytes in women with Alzheimer's disease

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-23

  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; Female gender; Subtelomere; Telomere

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SUBTELOMERE; TELOMERE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84887086539     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-013-0006-0     Document Type: Article

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