Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 238-246 , 20 October 2006

Polymorphisms of the CYP1B1 gene may be associated with the onset of natural menopause in Chinese women

  • Ji-Rong Long

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, 1161 21st Avenue South, S-1108 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2587, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 615 343 6741; fax: +1 615 322 1754.
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  • Xiao-Ou Shu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, 1161 21st Avenue South, S-1108 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2587, United States
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  • Qiuyin Cai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, 1161 21st Avenue South, S-1108 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2587, United States
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  • Hui Cai

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, 1161 21st Avenue South, S-1108 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2587, United States
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  • Yu-Tang Gao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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  • Fan Jin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai 200032, China
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  • Wei Zheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, 1161 21st Avenue South, S-1108 Medical Center North, Nashville, TN 37232-2587, United States

Received 18 October 2005 ,Revised 17 March 2006 ,Accepted 24 March 2006.

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PII: S0378-5122(06)00096-X

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2006.03.005

Maturitas
Volume 55, Issue 3 , Pages 238-246 , 20 October 2006

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