Genome-wide linkage analysis to age at natural menopause in a community-based sample: The Framingham Heart Study

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1674-1679

  Murabito, Joanne M ^a,b   Yang, Qiong ^a,c   Fox, Caroline S ^a,d,e   Cupples, L Adrienne ^a,c  

^a FRAMINGHAM HEART STUDY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Linkage analysis; Menopause

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 16; CHROMOSOME 8; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; VARIANCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 28944440057     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2005.05.046     Document Type: Article

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