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Premature ovarian failure: a phenotypic expression of fragile X premutation.
South Dakota medicine : the journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association - 1 Jan 2008
Holoch Kristin, Stein Quinn, Flanagan Jason, Hansen Keith
Abstract excerpt
Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of mental retardation in the male. Historically, fragile X premutation was considered to be phenotypically silent. In recent reports the premutation has been associated with premature ovarian failure and fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome. This case describes a 24-year-old woman who presented with irregular menstrual cycles secondary to premature ovarian...
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