Familial idiopathic premature ovarian failure: An overrated and underestimated genetic disease?

Human Reproduction

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2455-2459

  Van Kasteren, Y M ^a   Hundscheid, R D L ^b   Smits, A P T ^c   Cremers, F P M ^d   Van Zonneveld, P ^a   Braat, D D M ^b  

^a Location Alkmaar   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ^*  (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Familial; Idiopathic premature ovarian failure; Incidence; Inheritance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY DISEASE; RISK; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0032845866     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/14.10.2455     Document Type: Article

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