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Telomere length in interstitial lung diseases.
Chest - 1 Oct 2015
Snetselaar Reinier, van Moorsel Coline H M, Kazemier Karin M, van der Vis Joanne J, Zanen Pieter, van Oosterhout Matthijs F M, Grutters Jan C
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a heterogeneous group of rare diseases that primarily affect the pulmonary interstitium. Studies have implicated a role for telomere length (TL) maintenance in ILD, particularly in idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP). Here, we measure TL in a wide spectrum of sporadic and familial cohorts of ILD and compare TL between patient cohorts and control subjects....
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