Evaluating GWAS-Identified SNPs for Age at Natural Menopause among Chinese Women

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Shen, Chong ^a,b   Delahanty, Ryan J ^a   Gao, Yu Tang ^c   Lu, Wei ^d   Xiang, Yong Bing ^c   Zheng, Ying ^d   Cai, Qiuyin ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Shu, Xiao Ou ^a   Long, Jirong ^a  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^d CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASH2L GENE; BRSK1 GENE; CHINESE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; NLRP11 GENE; POLG GENE; RHBDL2 GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TMEM150B GENE; UIMC1 GENE;

AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875435450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058766     Document Type: Article

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