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Genome-wide association study and premature ovarian failure.
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 May 2010
Christin-Maitre S, Tachdjian G
Abstract excerpt
Premature ovarian failure (POF) is defined as an amenorrhea for more than 4months, associated with elevated gonadotropins, usually higher than 20mIU/ml, occurring in a woman before the age of 40. Some candidate genes have been identified in the past 15years, such as FOXL2, FSHR, BMP15, GDF9, Xfra premutation. However, POF etiology remains unknown in more than 90% of cases. The first strategy to identify candidate...
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