Telomere length of patients with major depression is shortened but independent from therapy and severity of the disease

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BACKGROUND: Shortened telomere length has been observed in a variety of diseases. Our objective was to analyze mean telomere length of patients with major depressive disorder. A key question was whether telomere length varies in different groups of depressive patients. METHODS: We obtained blood samples from patients with major depressive disorder (n = 54) and healthy subjects (n = 20). We isolated genomic DNA...

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