A polymorphism of the Nos3 gene and age at natural menopause

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1184-1186

  Hefler, Lukas A ^a   Worda, Christoph ^a   Huber, Johannes C ^a   Tempfer, Clemens B ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Menarche; Menopause; Nos3; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDBIRTH; CHROMOSOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; NOS3 GENE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TANDEM REPEAT; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AGING; ALLELES; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SMOKING; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036904926     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(02)04277-2     Document Type: Article

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