Shorter telomeres may indicate dementia status in older individuals with Down Syndrome

We have recently reported reduced telomere length in T lymphocytes of individuals with Down syndrome (DS) and dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We have now replicated and extended that study by finding that people with DS and mild cognitive impairment (MCI-DS) also have shorter telomeres tha...

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Main Authors: Jenkins, Edmund C., Ye, Lingling, Gu, Hong, Ni, Samantha A., Velinov, Milen, Pang, Deborah, Krinsky-McHale, Sharon J., Zigman, Warren B., Schupf, Nicole, Silverman, Wayne P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2842474/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18635289
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.06.001
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