Article
Ovarian dysfunction and FMR1 alleles in a large Italian family with POF and FRAXA disorders: case report.
BMC medical genetics - 11 Apr 2007
Miano Maria Giuseppina, Laperuta Carmela, Chiurazzi Pietro, D'Urso Michele, Ursini Matilde Valeria
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The association between premature ovarian failure (POF) and the FMR1 repeat number (41> CGGn< 200) has been widely investigated. Current findings suggest that the risk estimation for POF can be calculated in the offspring of women with pre-mutated FMR1 alleles. CASE PRESENTATION: We describe the coexistence in a large Italian kindred of Fragile X syndrome and familial POF in females with ovarian...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Female
- Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
- Fragile X Syndrome
- Genotype
- Humans
- Italy
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
