Telomere length in circulating leukocytes is associated with lung function and disease

H. Schulz, E. Sillanpää, S. Karrasch, A. Couto Alves, V. Codd, I. Hovatta, J. L. Buxton, C. P. Nelson, L. Broer, S. Hägg, M. Mangino, G. Willemsen, K. H. Pietiläinen, M. A. R. Ferreira, N. Amin, B. A. Oostra, H. M. Bäckmand, M. Peltonen, S. Sarna, T. Rantanen, S. Sipila, T. Korhonen, P. A. F. Madden, C. Gieger, R. A. Jörres, J. Heinrich, J. Behr, R. M. Huber, A. Peters, K. Strauch, H. E. Wichmann, M. Waldenberger, A. I. F. Blakemore, E. J. C. de Geus, N. Nyholt, A. K. Henders, P. L. Piirilä, I. Surakka, A. Rissanen, P. K. E. Magnusson, A. Viñuela, N. G. Martin, N. L. Pedersen, D. I. Boomsma, T. D. Spector, C. M. van Duijn, J. Kaprio, N. J. Samani, M. R. Jarvelin, E. Albrecht (Neuherberg/Munich, Munich, Neuherberg, Germany; Jyväskylä, Helsinki, Vantaa, Oulu, Finland; London, Leicester, United Kingdom; Leiden, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Stockholm, Uppsala, Sweden; Queensland, Australia; Washington, United States Of America)

Source: Annual Congress 2013 –Risk factors for COPD and lung function decline
Session: Risk factors for COPD and lung function decline
Session type: Poster Discussion
Number: 4727
Disease area: Airway diseases

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H. Schulz, E. Sillanpää, S. Karrasch, A. Couto Alves, V. Codd, I. Hovatta, J. L. Buxton, C. P. Nelson, L. Broer, S. Hägg, M. Mangino, G. Willemsen, K. H. Pietiläinen, M. A. R. Ferreira, N. Amin, B. A. Oostra, H. M. Bäckmand, M. Peltonen, S. Sarna, T. Rantanen, S. Sipila, T. Korhonen, P. A. F. Madden, C. Gieger, R. A. Jörres, J. Heinrich, J. Behr, R. M. Huber, A. Peters, K. Strauch, H. E. Wichmann, M. Waldenberger, A. I. F. Blakemore, E. J. C. de Geus, N. Nyholt, A. K. Henders, P. L. Piirilä, I. Surakka, A. Rissanen, P. K. E. Magnusson, A. Viñuela, N. G. Martin, N. L. Pedersen, D. I. Boomsma, T. D. Spector, C. M. van Duijn, J. Kaprio, N. J. Samani, M. R. Jarvelin, E. Albrecht (Neuherberg/Munich, Munich, Neuherberg, Germany; Jyväskylä, Helsinki, Vantaa, Oulu, Finland; London, Leicester, United Kingdom; Leiden, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Stockholm, Uppsala, Sweden; Queensland, Australia; Washington, United States Of America). Telomere length in circulating leukocytes is associated with lung function and disease. Eur Respir J 2013; 42: Suppl. 57, 4727

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