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Mutation analysis of the WNT-4 gene in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology - 1 Sept 2006
Canto Patricia, Söderlund Daniela, Carranza-Lira Sebastián, Méndez Juan Pablo
Abstract excerpt
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common endocrinopathies in women of childbearing age and is characterized by chronic anovulation with either oligomenorrhea or amenorrhea and hyperandrogenism. The etiology of this entity remains unknown. It has been suggested that genomic variants in genes related to the regulation of androgen biosynthesis and function could be involved in genetic...
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