A Prospective Study Investigating Prediagnostic Leukocyte Telomere Length and Risk of Developing Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women.

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Published in J Rheumatol on January 15, 2016

Authors

Jennifer Prescott1, Elizabeth W Karlson2, Esther H Orr2, Robert Y L Zee2, Immaculata De Vivo2, Karen H Costenbader2

Author Affiliations

1: From the Channing Division of Network Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, and Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.J. Prescott, PhD, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; E.H. Orr, BS, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; I. De Vivo, PhD, MPH, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; E.W. Karlson, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; K.H. Costenbader, MD, MPH, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; R.Y. Zee, BDS, PhD, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. nhjxp@channing.harvard.edu.
2: From the Channing Division of Network Medicine, and the Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, and Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.J. Prescott, PhD, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; E.H. Orr, BS, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; I. De Vivo, PhD, MPH, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; E.W. Karlson, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; K.H. Costenbader, MD, MPH, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School; R.Y. Zee, BDS, PhD, Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, and Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.

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