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Animal Models of Premature Aging

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Aging affects multiple organs and systems, which become unable to respond to stressors and environmental changes and therefore deteriorate in terms of function and structure.

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The experimental results reported in this chapter were obtained thanks to the support of the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Nepean Medical Research Foundation.

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Li, W., Duque, G. (2011). Animal Models of Premature Aging. In: Duque, G., Watanabe, K. (eds) Osteoporosis Research. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-293-3_11

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