An association study between the genetic polymorphisms within GnRHI, LHβ and FSHβ genes and central precocious puberty in Chinese girls

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 486, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 188-192

  Zhao, Ying ^a,b   Chen, Ting ^a   Zhou, Yuxun ^a   Li, Kai ^a   Xiao, Junhua ^a  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

Author keywords

CPP; FSH ; GnRHI; LH ; Linkage disequilibrium; SNP

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GENOMIC DNA; GONADORELIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

5' FLANKING REGION; ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS;

EID: 78049359267     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.049     Document Type: Article

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