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Telomere Length in Cardiovascular Disease: New Challenges in Measuring This Marker of Cardiovascular Aging

Jedrzej Hoffmann1 Newcastle University Institute of Genetic MedicineCentral ParkwayNewcastle Upon TyneNE1 3BZUK
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Ioakim Spyridopoulos1 Newcastle University Institute of Genetic MedicineCentral ParkwayNewcastle Upon TyneNE1 3BZUKCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 789-803 | Published online: 03 Nov 2011

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