Affordable Access

deepdyve-link
Publisher Website

No shorter telomeres in subjects with a family history of cardiovascular disease in the Asklepios study.

Authors
  • De Meyer, Tim
  • Van Daele, Caroline M
  • De Buyzere, Marc L
  • Denil, Simon
  • De Bacquer, Dirk
  • Segers, Patrick
  • Cooman, Luc
  • De Backer, Guy G
  • Gillebert, Thierry C
  • Bekaert, Sofie
  • Rietzschel, Ernst R
Type
Published Article
Journal
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2012
Volume
32
Issue
12
Pages
3076–3081
Identifiers
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.300341
PMID: 23087363
Source
Medline
License
Unknown

Abstract

These findings cast serious doubt on the hypothesis that telomere length is shorter in families with an increased risk of CVD and do not support the Telomere Hypothesis of CVD.

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. This record was last updated on 07/04/2016 and may not reflect the most current and accurate biomedical/scientific data available from NLM. The corresponding record at NLM can be accessed at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23087363
Report this publication

Statistics

Seen <100 times