Premature ovarian failure associated with a small terminal Xq deletion: Narrowing the POF1 region down to Xq27.2/Xq27.3-qter [1]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 434-437

  Eggermann, Thomas ^a   Meschede, D ^b   Schuler H ^b   Palm, S ^b   Glaser D ^b   Horsthemke, B ^b   Eggermann, K ^b   Haverkamp, F ^b   Zerres, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CHROMOSOME DELETION X; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME XQ; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPH2 GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GERMANY; HIGH ARCHED PALATE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; LETTER; MARKER GENE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE 1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RISK FACTOR; SCANTY HAIR; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TURNER SYNDROME; WEBBED NECK; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; PEDIGREE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS;

EID: 17644423933     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2005.00427.x     Document Type: Letter

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