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Review
. 2017 Jun;10(3):e001718.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.117.001718.

Ancestry, Telomere Length, and Atherosclerosis Risk

Athanase Benetos  1 , Abraham Aviv  2
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Review

Ancestry, Telomere Length, and Atherosclerosis Risk

Athanase Benetos et al. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: aging; atherosclerosis; genes; hypertension; longevity; telomere.

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