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SUBMITTER: Anderson CA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2579643 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Anderson Carl A CA Zhu Gu G Falchi Mario M van den Berg Stéphanie M SM Treloar Susan A SA Spector Timothy D TD Martin Nicholas G NG Boomsma Dorret I DI Visscher Peter M PM Montgomery Grant W GW
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism 20080722 10
<h4>Context</h4>Age at menarche (AAM) is an important trait both biologically and socially, a clearly defined event in female pubertal development, and has been associated with many clinically significant phenotypes.<h4>Objective</h4>The objective of the study was to identify genetic loci influencing variation in AAM in large population-based samples from three countries.<h4>Design/participants</h4>Recalled AAM data were collected from 13,697 individuals and 4,899 pseudoindependent sister-pairs ...[more]