Short telomeres in aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma as a risk factor in lymphomagenesis
Experimental HematologyPublished 28 May 2007
Thomas Widmann, Markus Herrmann, Naim Taha, J. König, Michael Pfreundschuh
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Short telomeres in nontransformed leukocytes may constitute a risk factor for lymphomagenesis, and this work was able to rule out increased proliferation, telomerase defects, or increased oxidative stress in patients as confounding factors of shortenedTelomeres.
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Short telomeres in nontransformed leukocytes may constitute a risk factor for lymphomagenesis.
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