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Mutation analysis of NOBOX homeodomain in Chinese women with premature ovarian failure.
Fertility and sterility - 1 Apr 2009
Qin Yingying, Shi Yuhua, Zhao Yueran, Carson Sandra Ann, Simpson Joe Leigh, Chen Zi-Jiang
Abstract excerpt
The newborn ovary homeobox gene (NOBOX) is an oocyte-specific homeobox gene that plays a critical role in early folliculogenesis, thus representing an attractive candidate gene for nonsyndromic ovarian failure. We investigated whether perturbation in the homeodomain region of NOBOX was present in Chinese women with premature ovarian failure (POF). We sequenced 200 Chinese patients with POF, and discovered only...
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