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BMP15 "knockout-like" effect in familial premature ovarian insufficiency with persistent ovarian reserve.
Clinical genetics - 1 Aug 2017
Mayer A, Fouquet B, Pugeat M, Misrahi M
Abstract excerpt
Premature ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects 1% to 2% of women under 40 years. Bone morphogenetic protein 15 (BMP15) variants have been described in POI. We studied a family with 2 sisters compound heterozygous for deletions in the BMP15 gene on chromosome Xp11.22 yielding a human "knockout-like" effect: a c.151_152delGA deletion yielded a p.Glu51IlefsTer27 mutation transmitted by the hemizygous father and a...
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