Genetic influences on the age at menopause

Lancet

Volumn 352, Issue 9134, 1998, Pages 1084-1085

  Treloar, S A ^a   Do, K A ^a   Martin, N G ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENDOMETRIOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENETICS; HYSTERECTOMY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; MENORRHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0032480627     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)79753-1     Document Type: Note

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