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Whole-exome sequencing identifies a homozygous donor splice-site mutation in STAG3 that causes primary ovarian insufficiency.
Clinical genetics - 1 Feb 2018
He W-B, Banerjee S, Meng L-L, Du J, Gong F, Huang H, Zhang X-X, Wang Y-Y, Lu G-X, Lin G, Tan Y-Q
Abstract excerpt
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is the depletion or loss of normal ovarian function, which cause infertility in women before the age of 40 years. Two homozygous germline truncation mutations in STAG3 gene had been reported to causes POI in consanguineous families. Here, we aimed to identify the genetic cause of POI in 2 affected sisters manifested with primary amenorrhea and partial development of secondary...
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