Cirrhosis and constitutional telomerase mutations.

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There is currently a growing body of evidence supporting the role of a genetic predisposition in cirrhosis development. Given that telomere shortening has been associated with fibrosis progression, Calado et al. and Hartmann et al. recently focussed on telomerase gene mutations in human cirrhosis.

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