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FMR1 repeat sizes in the gray zone and high end of the normal range are associated with premature ovarian failure.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 2005
Bretherick Karla L, Fluker Margo R, Robinson Wendy P
Abstract excerpt
Premature ovarian failure (POF) is the occurrence of menopause before the age of 40 and affects 1% of the female population. Whereas the etiology of POF is largely unexplained, FMR1 premutation carriers are known to be at increased risk of POF compared with the general population. The FMR1 premutation alleles have 55-200 copies of a CGG repeat in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene. However, functional...
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