Interaction effects between estrogen receptor α and vitamin D receptor genes on age at menarche in Chinese women

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 860-864

  Xu, Hong ^a,b   Long, Ji Rong ^c   Li, Miao Xin ^a   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,c  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGXI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Association; Estrogen receptor gene; Haplotype; Menarche; Vitamin D receptor gene

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTOR GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL;

EID: 22144470179     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7254.2005.00122.x     Document Type: Article

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