Biological Psychiatry
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 531-534 , 15 March 2010

Childhood Maltreatment and Telomere Shortening: Preliminary Support for an Effect of Early Stress on Cellular Aging

  • Audrey R. Tyrka

      Affiliations

    • Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Audrey R. Tyrka, M.D., Ph.D., Butler Hospital, 345 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence, RI 02906
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  • Lawrence H. Price

      Affiliations

    • Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Hung-Teh Kao

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Barbara Porton

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular Psychiatry, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Sarah A. Marsella

      Affiliations

    • Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
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  • Linda L. Carpenter

      Affiliations

    • Mood Disorders Research Program, Butler Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island
    • Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

Received 6 March 2009 ,Revised 11 August 2009 ,Accepted 11 August 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.08.014

Biological Psychiatry
Volume 67, Issue 6 , Pages 531-534 , 15 March 2010

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