Genes control the cessation of a woman's reproductive life: A twin study of hysterectomy and age at menopause

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1875-1880

  Snieder, Harold ^a   Macgregor, Alex J ^a   Spector, Tim D ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE CONTROL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENORRHAGIA; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TWINS; UTERUS MYOMA;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LEIOMYOMA; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENORRHAGIA; MODELS, GENETIC; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031760136     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.6.1875     Document Type: Article

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