Comparison of the relative telomere length measured in leukocytes and eleven different human tissues

Physiological Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages S343-S350

  Dlouha, D ^a   Maluskova, J ^a   Kralova Lesna, I ^a   Lanska, V ^a   Hubacek, J A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aging; Telomere; Telomere length; Tissues

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920943338     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: 18029973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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