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Fragile X-associated primary ovarian insufficiency: evidence for additional genetic contributions to severity.
Genetic epidemiology - 1 Sept 2008
Hunter Jessica Ezzell, Epstein Michael P, Tinker Stuart W, Charen Krista H, Sherman Stephanie L
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The fragile X mental retardation gene (FMR1) contains a CGG repeat sequence in its 5' untranslated region that can become unstable and expand in length from generation to generation. Alleles with expanded repeats in the range of approximately 55-199, termed premutation alleles, are associated wit...
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