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Fragile X premutation screening in women with premature ovarian failure.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 May 1998
Conway G S, Payne N N, Webb J, Murray A, Jacobs P A
Abstract excerpt
We have screened 132 women with premature ovarian failure for fragile X (FRAXA) premutations. Three out of 23 (13%) pedigrees with the familial premature ovarian failure and 3/106 (3%) of women with the sporadic form of premature ovarian failure have FRAXA premutations compared with an expected prevalence of 1:590 (P=0.02). The mechanism of the association between FRAXA premutations and premature ovarian failure...
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