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Telomere Attrition in White Blood Cell Correlating with Cardiovascular Damage
1 Jan 2004
Abstract excerpt
Aging is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Chronological aging does not always parallel biological aging, but there is no reliable biomarker for the latter. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that telomere attrition in white blood cells is related to endothelial dysfunction and the extent of atherosclerosis, and thus may serve as a useful marker for biological aging. We evaluated...
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