Determination of sequence variation and haplotype structure for the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) and GnRH receptor genes: Investigation of role in pubertal timing

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1091-1099

  Sedlmeyer, Ines L ^a,b   Pearce, Celeste Leigh ^c   Trueman, Julie A ^d   Butler, Johannah L ^a,b   Bersaglieri, Todd ^a,b   Read, Andrew P ^e   Clayton, Peter E ^d   Kolonel, Laurence N ^f   Henderson, Brian E ^c   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^a,b,g   Palmert, Mark R ^h  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; MALE; MENARCHE; MISSENSE MUTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MENARCHE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PUBERTY; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 20044396569     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-0649     Document Type: Article

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