Telomere length variations in aging and age-related diseases

Current Aging Science

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 161-167

  Rizvi, Saliha ^a   Raza, Syed Tasleem ^a   Mahdi, Farzana ^a  

^a Era's Lucknow Medical College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Age related diseases; Aging; Oxidative stress; Telomerase; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DAMAGE; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DNA DAMAGE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEOPLASM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE LENGTH VARIATION; TELOMERE SHORTENING; AGE; ANIMAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; TELOMERE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84928805102     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609808666150122153151     Document Type: Article

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