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The transcription factor FOXL2 in ovarian function and dysfunction.
Folia histochemica et cytobiologica - 1 Jan 2009
De Baere Elfride, Fellous Marc, Veitia Reiner A
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The Blepharophimosis Ptosis Epicanthus-inversus Syndrome is a genetic disease characterized by complex eyelid malformations often associated with premature ovarian failure (POF). BPES is basically an autosomal dominant disease, due to mutations in the FOXL2 gene, which encodes a forkhead transcription factor. More than one hundred mutations of FOXL2 have been described to date. In agreement with the BPES...
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