No association of the insulin gene VNTR polymorphism with polycystic ovary syndrome in a Han Chinese population

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Xu, Yuping ^a,b   Wei, Zhaolian ^a   Zhang, Zhiguo ^a   Xing, Qiong ^a   Hu, Pin ^a   Zhang, Xiaohui ^a   Gao, Guihua ^a   Wang, Yong ^b   Gao, Qian ^b   Yi, Long ^b   Cao, Yunxia ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE; DNA; SEX HORMONE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; ALLELE; BLOOD; CHINA; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALLELES; CHINA; DNA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 73149117344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-7-141     Document Type: Article

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