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Optimized Analysis of DNA Methylation and Gene Expression from Small, Anatomically-defined Areas of the Brain
Published on: July 12, 2012
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DNA methylation clock associated with age-related illnesses is accelerated in PTSD
Ruoting Yang1, Gwyneth W Y Wu2
1Medical Readiness Systems Biology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD, USA. ryang@genevausa.org.
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