Evaluation of GWAS-identified genetic variants for age at menarche among Chinese women

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1135-1143

  Delahanty, R J ^a   Beeghly Fadiel, A ^a   Long, J R ^a   Gao, Y T ^b   Lu, W ^c   Xiang, Y B ^b   Zheng, Y ^c   Ji, B T ^d   Wen, W Q ^a   Cai, Q Y ^a   Zheng, W ^a   Shu, X O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

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

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

genetics; genome wide association study; menarche; reproductive endocrinology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENARCHE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84875622574     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det011     Document Type: Article

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