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Telomere length in psychiatric disorders: Is it more than an ageing marker?
21 Dec 2016
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OBJECTIVES: Psychiatric and substance-use disorders have been associated with premature biological ageing. Telomere length (TL), considered an ageing marker, has been analysed in psychiatric disorders, and to a lesser extent in substance-use disorders, with recent findings suggesting TL may be related to disease pathology. METHODS: We conducted a critical and non-systematic literature search of TL studies...
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