Circulating anti-Müllerian hormone levels in adult men are under a strong genetic influence

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pietiläinen, Kirsi H ^a,c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c,d   Vaaralahti, Kirsi ^b,c   Rissanen, Aila ^a   Raivio, Taneli ^b,c  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI AND HELSINKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; METABOLISM; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY; TWINS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; ANTI-MULLERIAN HORMONE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENT; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBERTY; TWINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855481261     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2011-1697     Document Type: Article

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