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Transcription factor FIGLA is mutated in patients with premature ovarian failure.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Jun 2008
Zhao Han, Chen Zi-Jiang, Qin Yingying, Shi Yuhua, Wang Shan, Choi Youngsok, Simpson Joe Leigh, Rajkovic Aleksandar
Abstract excerpt
Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) is a genetically heterogenous disorder that leads to hypergonadotropic ovarian failure and infertility. We screened 100 Chinese women with POF for mutations in the oocyte-specific gene FIGLA and identified three variants in four women: missense mutation c.11C --> A (p.A4E) was found in two women; deletion c. 15-36 del (p.G6fsX66), resulting in a frameshift that leads to...
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