Shorter telomere length in peripheral blood leukocytes is associated with childhood autism

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, Zongchang ^a,b   Tang, Jinsong ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Chen, Shan ^a,b   He, Ying ^a   Liao, Yanhui ^a   Wei, Zhen ^c   Wan, Guobin ^c   Xiang, Xi ^d   Xia, Kun ^e   Chen, Xiaogang ^a,e  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WENZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanfang Medical University   (China)

^d BGI Ark Biotechnology Co Ltd   (China)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BLOOD; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

EID: 84931044358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07073     Document Type: Article

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