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Premature ovarian failure with FMR1 premutation, X chromosome mosaicism and blood lymphocyte microchimerism.
Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society - 1 Apr 2011
Gersak K, Franic D, Veble A, Pajnic I Zupanic, Teran N, Writzl K
Abstract excerpt
Genetic causes of premature ovarian failure (POF) comprise less than one-third of all cases, among them X chromosome abnormalities, mutations and polymorphisms in some genes. The frequency of X-chromosome mosaicism in women with sporadic POF has been found to range between 3 and 10%, whereas the prevalence of POF in carriers of the FMR1 premutation is estimated to range between 13 and 25%. We report two...
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