The association between leukocyte telomere length and mitochondrial DNA copy number in pregnant women: A pilot study

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 363-369

  Qiu, Chunfang ^a   Enquobahrie, Daniel A ^a,b   Gelaye, Bizu ^c   Hevner, Karin ^a   Williams, Michelle A ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA; Pregnancy; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL PLASMA; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELOMERE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; YOUNG ADULT; CELL AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MITOCHONDRIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929413276     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7754/Clin.Lab.2014.140313     Document Type: Article

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