Telomere shortening in down syndrome patients - When does it start?

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 412-417

  Gruszecka, Aleksandra ^a   Kopczyński, Przemysław ^a   Cudziło, Dorota ^b   Lipińska, Natalia ^a   Romaniuk, Aleksandra ^a   Barczak, Wojciech ^a,c   Rozwadowska, Natalia ^d   Totoń, Ewa ^a   Rubis̈, Błazej ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOTHER AND CHILD   (Poland)

^c GREATER POLAND CANCER CENTRE   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL AGING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREMATURE AGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE SHORTENING; TRISOMY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; GENETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE SHORTENING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930437497     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.2014.2746     Document Type: Article

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