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Three common variants of LEP, NPY1R and GPR54 show no association with age at menarche.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2009
Rothenbuhler Anya, Lotton Chantal, Fradin Delphine
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CONTEXT: Twin and family studies indicate a significant heritability of pubertal timing and more specifically of age at menarche (AAM). OBJECTIVE: Test the association of AAM with common variants of three candidate genes suspected to have a prominent role in reproductive physiology: leptin (LEP), neuropeptide Y receptor 1 (NPY1R) and GPR54. DESIGN AND METHODS: We selected the -2459 LEP, the rs7687423 NPY1R and...
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