Epigenetic age analysis of children who seem to evade aging

Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 334-339

  Walker, Richard F ^a   Liu, Jia Sophie ^b,c   Peters, Brock A ^b,c   Ritz, Beate R ^d   Wu, Timothy ^e,f   Ophoff, Roel A ^e,f   Horvath, Steve ^d,e  

^a Physician's Scientific and Regulatory Services Inc   (United States)

^b Complete Genomics Inc ^*  (United States)

^c BGI SHENZHEN   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarker of aging; DNA methylation; Epigenetic clock; Slow aging; Syndrome X

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE MALFORMATION SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930725351     PISSN: 19454589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100744     Document Type: Article

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