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Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

Abstract

Ken Ong and colleagues report meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide association studies for age at menarche. They identify 30 loci newly associated with age at menarche, including four that were previously associated with BMI.

Authors

Elks CE; Perry JRB; Sulem P; Chasman DI; Franceschini N; He C; Lunetta KL; Visser JA; Byrne EM; Cousminer DL

Journal

Nature Genetics, Vol. 42, No. 12, pp. 1077–1085

Publisher

Springer Nature

Publication Date

December 1, 2010

DOI

10.1038/ng.714

ISSN

1061-4036

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