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Relative Leukocyte Telomere Length and Risk of Incident Ischemic Stroke in Men: A Prospective, Nested Case-Control Approach
28 Apr 2010
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Recent data have implicated telomere-length shortening as potential risk predictor for vascular diseases, including stroke. However, to date, prospective epidemiological data are scarce in relation to ischemic stroke risk. Using leukocyte DNA samples collected at baseline in a prospective cohort of 14,916 initially healthy American men, we examined the relationship of leukocyte telomere repeat copy number to...
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