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A Mutation in the Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Receptor as a Cause of Familial Spontaneous Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome
1 Mar 2004
Abstract excerpt
Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) occurs mainly after excessive stimulation of the ovaries by exogenous gonadotropins administrated in the context of in vitro fertilization procedures (iatrogenic OHSS). Recently, spontaneous and recurrent occurrence of the disease (spontaneous OHSS) was shown in two families to be caused by mutations affecting the follitropin receptor (FSHr). The two mutant FSHr (T449I,...
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