The Finnish follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene mutation is rare in North American women with 46,XX ovarian failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 300-302

  Layman, Lawrence C ^a   Amde, Sewit ^a   Cohen, David P ^a   Jin, Mei ^a   Xie, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone receptor; Follicle stimulating hormone receptor gene; Premature ovarian failure

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; BASE PAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; MISSENSE MUTATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; DIPLOIDY; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; NORTH AMERICA; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, FSH;

EID: 0031931058     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00480-9     Document Type: Article

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