Association between shortened leukocyte telomere length and cardio-metabolic outcomes

Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-7

  Hunt, Steven C ^a,b   Kark, Jeremy D ^c   Aviv, Abraham ^d  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Medical School   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Biomarker; Birth; Diabetes mellitus; Editorials; Stroke; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELLULAR, SUBCELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TELOMERE; AGING; HEART INFARCTION; METABOLISM; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

AGING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84924604916     PISSN: 1942325X     EISSN: 19423268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.114.000964     Document Type: Editorial

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