A genome-wide linkage scan for age at menarche in three populations of European descent

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3965-3970

  Anderson, Carl A ^a,e,f   Zhu, Gu ^a   Falchi, Mario ^b   Van Den Berg, Stéphanie M ^c,d   Treloar, Susan A ^a   Spector, Timothy D ^b   Martin, Nicholas G ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c   Visscher, Peter M ^a   Montgomery, Grant W ^a,g  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MENARCHE; NETHERLANDS; SIBLINGS; TWINS;

EID: 53749089552     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2007-2568     Document Type: Article

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