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Screening for mutations of the FOXO4 gene in premature ovarian failure patients.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Mar 2012
Fonseca Dora Janeth, Garzón Eliana, Lakhal Besma, Braham Rim, Ojeda Diego, Elghezal Hatem, Saâd Ali, Restrepo Carlos Martín, Laissue Paul
Abstract excerpt
FOXO4 constitutes a coherent candidate gene associated with premature ovarian failure (POF) pathogenesis. This study sequenced the coding and exon-flanking regions of this gene in a panel of 116 POF patients and 143 controls of Tunisian origin. In both groups, the IVS2 + 41T > G sequence variant was identified. It is concluded that coding mutations of FOXO4 should not be a common cause of the disease in women...
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