Reduced telomere length in neurodegenerative disorders may suggest shared biology

Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e92-e96

  Kota, Lakshmi Narayanan ^a   Bharath, Srikala ^a   Purushottam, Meera ^a   Moily, Nagaraj S ^a   Sivakumar, Palanimuthu Thangaraju ^a   Varghese, Mathew ^a   Pal, Pramod Kumar ^a   Jain, Sanjee V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BIOLOGY; CAG REPEAT; CELL AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HINDI MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION SCALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; TELOMERE LENGTH; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING;

EID: 84929662223     PISSN: 08950172     EISSN: 15457222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.neuropsych.13100240     Document Type: Article

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