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Does follistatin gene have any direct role in the manifestation of polycystic ovary syndrome in Indian women?
Journal of postgraduate medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Dasgupta S, Pisapati S V S, Kudugunti N, Kathragadda A, Godi S, Reddy M B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Out of a panel of 37 candidate genes tested for linkage with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), the strongest evidence of linkage was reported in the follistatin (FST) gene region. Subsequently, a couple of studies outside India investigated the FST gene for the presence of any mutations and its association with PCOS and the results were found to be largely inconsistent probably due to differences in...
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