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SUBMITTER: Krysko KM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7135931 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Krysko Kristen M KM Henry Roland G RG Cree Bruce A C BAC Lin Jue J Caillier Stacy S Santaniello Adam A Zhao Chao C Gomez Refujia R Bevan Carolyn C Smith Dana L DL Stern William W Kirkish Gina G Hauser Stephen L SL Oksenberg Jorge R JR Graves Jennifer S JS
Annals of neurology 20191002 5
<h4>Objective</h4>To assess whether biological aging as measured by leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is associated with clinical disability and brain volume loss in multiple sclerosis (MS).<h4>Methods</h4>Adults with MS/clinically isolated syndrome in the University of California, San Francisco EPIC cohort study were included. LTL was measured on DNA samples by quantitative polymerase chain reaction and expressed as telomere to somatic DNA (T/S) ratio. Expanded Disability Status Scale (EDSS) and ...[more]