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The screening of HELQ gene in Chinese patients with premature ovarian failure.
Reproductive biomedicine online - 1 Oct 2015
Wang Wenting, Zhao Shidou, Zhuang Lili, Li Weiping, Qin Yingying, Chen Zi-Jiang
Abstract excerpt
HELQ, a member of DNA repair gene family, is an enzyme required for DNA strands cross-links repair and closely related to age at natural menopause. It also possesses a critical role in the germ cell maintenance, and loss of HELQ gene leads to subfertility. The aim of the present study was to investigate whether mutations in HELQ contribute to premature ovarian failure (POF) in Chinese women. A cohort of 192...
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