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Telomere length is shorter in healthy offspring of subjects with coronary artery disease: support for the telomere hypothesis.
Heart (British Cardiac Society) - 1 Apr 2008
Brouilette S W, Whittaker A, Stevens S E, van der Harst P, Goodall A H, Samani N J
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BACKGROUND: Telomeres are shorter in subjects with coronary artery disease (CAD) and may indicate premature biological ageing. However, whether shorter telomeres are a primary abnormality or secondary to the disease is unclear. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether shorter telomeres are a primary abnormality or secondary to CAD, telomere lengths in healthy young adults with contrasting familial risk of CAD were...
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