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Telomere Length and Risk of Stroke in Chinese
17 Feb 2012
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Accumulating evidence suggests that telomere length is a maker for biological aging of the cardiovascular system. Whether stroke is associated with accelerated biological aging as measured by telomere length has not been conclusively demonstrated. Our aim was to determine whether mean leukocyte telomere length is a predictor for the development of stroke. METHODS: The relative telomere...
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