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Review
. 1994 Sep 20;112(26):355-6.

[The aging factor in biomedical research. The thymus gland as an "aging clock"]

[Article in German]
M Hartwig  1
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  • PMID: 7959511
Review

[The aging factor in biomedical research. The thymus gland as an "aging clock"]

[Article in German]
M Hartwig. Fortschr Med. .

Abstract

We urgently need to find a model for the aging processes and age-related diseases (cardiovascular; tumors), in order to be able to make a detailed appraisal of the many results obtained. An "evolutionary" theory of aging is proposed, in which the diminishing function of the thymus gland plays an important part.

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