Effects of size at birth, childhood growth patterns and growth hormone treatment on leukocyte telomere length

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Smeets, Carolina C J ^a   Codd, Veryan ^b,c   Denniff, Matthew ^b   Samani, Nilesh J ^b,c   Hokken Koelega, Anita C S ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Dutch Growth Research Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH SIZE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FAT MASS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE TELOMERE LENGTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; TELOMERE LENGTH; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; METABOLISM; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; TELOMERE; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85012295361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0171825     Document Type: Article

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