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Telomere Length and the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease: The Rotterdam Study.
Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD - 1 Jan 2020
Fani Lana, Hilal Saima, Sedaghat Sanaz, Broer Linda, Licher Silvan, Arp Pascal P, van Meurs Joyce B J, Ikram M Kamran, Ikram M Arfan
Abstract excerpt
There is a wide interest in biomarkers that capture the burden of detrimental factors as these accumulate with the passage of time, i.e., increasing age. Telomere length has received considerable attention as such a marker, because it is easily quantified and it may aid in disentangling the etiology of dementia or serve as predictive marker. We determined the association of telomere length with risk of...
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