Reproductive and menstrual history of females with fragile X expansions

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 247-252

  Murray, Anna ^a   Ennis, Sarah ^b   MacSwiney, Felicity ^a   Webb, James ^a   Morton, Newton E ^b  

^a SALISBURY DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fragile X; Premature ovarian failure; Premutation

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN A; INHIBIN B;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; TRISOMY;

AGE FACTORS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUATION; MENTAL RETARDATION; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTION; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION; TWINS;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0034128910     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200451     Document Type: Article

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