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Short Leukocyte Telomere Length Precedes Clinical Expression of Atherosclerosis: Blood-and-Muscle Model

Athanase Benetos, Simon Toupance, Sylvie Gautier, Carlos Labat, Masayuki Kimura, Pascal M Rossi, Nicla Settembre, Jacques Hubert, Luc Frimat, Baptiste Bertrand, Mourad Boufi, Xavier Flecher, Nicolas Sadoul, Pascal Eschwege, Michèle Kessler, Irene P Tzanetakou, Ilias P Doulamis, Panagiotis S Konstantopoulos, Aspasia I Tzani, Laskarina-Maria Korou, Anastasios Gkogkos, Konstantinos G Perreas, Evangelos Menenakos, George Samanidis, Michail Vasiloglou-Gkanis, Jeremy D Kark, Sergueï Malikov, Simon Verhulst, Abraham Aviv
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https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.117.311751
Circulation Research. 2017;CIRCRESAHA.117.311751
Originally published December 14, 2017
Athanase Benetos
Geriatric Medicine, CHRU de Nancy, Université de Lorraine
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Simon Toupance
INSERM UMRS1116
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Sylvie Gautier
Geriatric Medicine, CHRU de Nancy, Université de Lorraine
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Carlos Labat
INSERM UMRS1116
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Masayuki Kimura
Center of Human Development and Aging, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
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Pascal M Rossi
Internal Medicine, North hospital, APHM, Marseille
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Nicla Settembre
Vascular Surgery, CHRU de Nancy, Université de Lorraine
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Jacques Hubert
Urology, CHRU de Nancy, Université de Lorraine
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Luc Frimat
Nephrology, CHRU de Nancy, Université de Lorraine
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Baptiste Bertrand
Plastic Surgery, UMR-S1076, Conception Hospital, APHM , Aix-Marseille University
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Mourad Boufi
Vascular Surgery, North hospital, APHM
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Xavier Flecher
Orthopedic Surgery, North hospital, APHM
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Nicolas Sadoul
Cardiology, Nancy University Hospital
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Pascal Eschwege
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Michèle Kessler
Nephrology, CHRU de Nancy, Université de Lorraine
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Irene P Tzanetakou
Life Sciences, European University of Cyrpus
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Ilias P Doulamis
Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Panagiotis S Konstantopoulos
Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Aspasia I Tzani
Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Laskarina-Maria Korou
Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Anastasios Gkogkos
Laboratory for Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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Adult Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
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    Short Leukocyte Telomere Length Precedes Clinical Expression of Atherosclerosis: Blood-and-Muscle Model
    Athanase Benetos, Simon Toupance, Sylvie Gautier, Carlos Labat, Masayuki Kimura, Pascal M Rossi, Nicla Settembre, Jacques Hubert, Luc Frimat, Baptiste Bertrand, Mourad Boufi, Xavier Flecher, Nicolas Sadoul, Pascal Eschwege, Michèle Kessler, Irene P Tzanetakou, Ilias P Doulamis, Panagiotis S Konstantopoulos, Aspasia I Tzani, Laskarina-Maria Korou, Anastasios Gkogkos, Konstantinos G Perreas, Evangelos Menenakos, George Samanidis, Michail Vasiloglou-Gkanis, Jeremy D Kark, Sergueï Malikov, Simon Verhulst and Abraham Aviv
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    Circulation Research. 2017;CIRCRESAHA.117.311751, originally published December 14, 2017
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