Short telomeres: cause or consequence of aging?
- 20 October 2006
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Aging Cell
- Vol. 5 (6) , 577-578
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00249.x
Abstract
Questions about mechanisms, about the direction of causality, and about cellular heterogeneity complicate interpretation of claims associating short telomeres with adverse health outcomes.Keywords
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