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Telomere Shortening in Middle-Aged Men with Sleep-disordered Breathing

DOI

38

Citations

26

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2016

Year

Laurent Boyer, Étienne Audureau, Laurent Margarit, Élisabeth Marcos, Emilie Bizard, Philippe Le Corvoisier, Isabelle Macquin‐Mavier, Geneviève Dérumeaux, Thibaud Damy, Xavier Drouot,
Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Abstract

Intermittent hypoxemia due to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome is a major contributor to telomere shortening in middle-aged men. Oxidative stress may explain this finding.

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