Familial correlations in postmenopausal serum concentrations of sex steroid hormones and other mitogens: A twins and sisters study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4793-4800

  Stone, Jennifer ^a   Folkerd, Elizabeth ^c   Doody, Deborah ^c   Schroen, Chris ^a   Treloar, Susan A ^d   Giles, Graham G ^b   Pike, Malcolm C ^e,f   English, Dallas R ^a   Southey, Melissa C ^a   Hopper, John L ^a   Dowsett, Mitch ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MITOGENIC AGENT; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOASSAY; MENOPAUSE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; SISTER GROUP; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 73249119587     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2009-0713     Document Type: Article

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