HDC gene polymorphisms are associated with age at natural menopause in Caucasian women

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 348, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1378-1382

  Zhang, Feng ^a,c   Xiong, Dong Hai ^c   Wang, Wei ^a   Shen, Hui ^c   Xiao, Peng ^c   Yang, Fang ^b,c   Recker, Robert R ^c   Deng, Hong Wen ^a,b,d  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at natural menopause; Association; HDC; SNP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE GENE; HUMAN; INTRON; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE FACTORS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISTIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 33748136965     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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