Short telomere length is associated with renal impairment in Japanese subjects with cardiovascular risk

• Kazuo Eguchi ,

  * E-mail: ke112@jichi.ac.jp

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1841-6728

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• Lawrence S. Honig ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Joseph H. Lee ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Sergievsky Center/Taub Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America

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• Satoshi Hoshide ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Satoshi Hoshide, Kazuomi Kario

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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• Kazuomi Kario

  Contributed equally to this work with: Satoshi Hoshide, Kazuomi Kario

  Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan

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