The association between depression and leukocyte telomere length: A meta-analysis

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 229-238

  Schutte, Nicola S ^a   Malouff, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

depression; meta analysis; telomere

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; TELOMERE;

EID: 84925457542     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22351     Document Type: Article

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