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Studying telomeres in a longitudinal population based study.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Jan 2008
De Meyer Tim, Rietzschel Ernst R, De Buyzere Marc L, Van Criekinge Wim, Bekaert Sofie
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Telomeres, the termini of linear chromosomes, consist of large but variable numbers of DNA oligomer repeats embedded in a nucleoprotein complex. In humans, telomere length (TL) is largely genetically determined but also featured by an age dependent attrition. TL has therefore been put forward as a marker for biological aging and was also reported to be associated with aging diseases such as cardiovascular...
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