Shorter telomere length is linked to brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensities
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Shorter telomere length is linked to brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensities.
BACKGROUND leukocyte telomere length (TL) is considered a marker of biological aging. Several studies have investigated the link between leukocyte TL and aging-associated functional attributes of the brain, but no prior study has investigated whether TL can be linked to brain atrophy and white matter hyperintensities (WMHs); two prominent structural manifestations of brain aging. METHODS we i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft172