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Longitudinal interviews of couples diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve undergoing fragile X premutation testing.
Journal of genetic counseling - 1 Feb 2014
Pastore Lisa M, Karns Logan B, Ventura Karen, Clark Myra L, Steeves Richard H, Callanan Nancy
Abstract excerpt
About 10 % of infertile/subfertile women are diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR), of which < 5 % will become pregnant spontaneously. Fragile X (FMR1) genetic testing may provide a reason for her early ovarian aging and/or have reproductive implications. Seven women with DOR (genetic study subset) and the male partners of six of these women were separately interviewed about the experience of being...
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