Relationship between LHβ, FSHβ genes and central precocious puberty in Chinese girls based on the polymorphisms in the 5'-flanking regions

Huadong Ligong Daxue Xuebao /Journal of East China University of Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-544

  Zhao, Ying ^a   Zhou, Yu Xun ^b   Li, Kai ^b   Xiao, Jun Hua ^b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Central precocious puberty; Puberty; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249134991     PISSN: 10063080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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