Telomere length and telomerase in a well-characterized sample of individuals with major depressive disorder compared to controls.

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Published in Psychoneuroendocrinology on April 13, 2015

Authors

Naomi M Simon1, Zandra E Walton2, Eric Bui3, Jennifer Prescott4, Elizabeth Hoge3, Aparna Keshaviah5, Noah Schwarz5, Taylor Dryman5, Rebecca A Ojserkis5, Benjamin Kovachy5, David Mischoulon3, John Worthington3, Immaculata De Vivo6, Maurizio Fava3, Kwok-Kin Wong7

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States. Electronic address: nsimon@mgh.harvard.edu.
2: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States.
3: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
4: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States; Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
5: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
6: Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
7: Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, United States.

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