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FMR1 and the continuum of primary ovarian insufficiency.
Seminars in reproductive medicine - 1 Jul 2011
Sullivan Shannon D, Welt Corrine, Sherman Stephanie
Abstract excerpt
Spontaneous 46,XX primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is a term that describes ovarian dysfunction resulting in a range of abnormalities, from infertility to early menopause as the end stage (overt POI). The most common known genetic cause of 46,XX POI is the expansion of a CGG repeat to 55 to 199 copies in the 5' untranslated region in the X-linked FMR1 gene. This "premutation" is associated with overt POI...
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