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The association between telomere length and ischemic stroke risk and phenotype.
Scientific reports - 26 May 2021
Yetim Ezgi, Topcuoglu Mehmet Akif, Yurur Kutlay Nuket, Tukun Ajlan, Oguz Kader K, Arsava Ethem Murat
Abstract excerpt
The chronological age of a person is a key determinant of etiology and prognosis in the setting of ischemic stroke. Telomere length, an indicator of biological aging, progressively shortens with every cell cycle. Herein, we determined telomere length from peripheral blood leukocytes by Southern blot analyses in a prospective cohort of ischemic stroke patients (n = 163) and equal number of non-stroke controls and...
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