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Identification of novel missense mutations of GDF9 in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Sept 2010
Wang Binbin, Zhou Sirui, Wang Jing, Liu Jingjing, Ni Feng, Yan Jinting, Mu Yuan, Cao Yunxia, Ma Xu
Abstract excerpt
The gene for growth differentiation factor 9 (GDF9) is expressed in human oocytes and has an important function in regulating early follicle growth and fertility. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the common defects that causes ovary dysfunction and is linked to aberrant processes in folliculogenesis. Previous studies have discovered several mutations in the screening of GDF9 in premature ovarian failure...
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