Genome-wide association study with 1000 genomes imputation identifies signals for nine sex hormone-related phenotypes

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 284-290

  Ruth, Katherine S ^a   Campbell, Purdey J ^b   Chew, Shelby ^b   Lim, Ee Mun ^b,c   Hadlow, Narelle ^b,c   Stuckey, Bronwyn G A ^b,d   Brown, Suzanne J ^b   Feenstra, Bjarke ^e   Joseph, John ^c   Surdulescu, Gabriela L ^f   Zheng, Hou Feng ^g   Richards, J Brent ^f,g,h   Murray, Anna ^a   Spector, Tim D ^f   Wilson, Scott G ^b,d,f   Perry, John R B ^a,f,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; SPACER DNA; TESTOSTERONE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHROMOSOME 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; METABOLISM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84954375777     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2015.102     Document Type: Article

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