Very early premature ovarian failure in two sisters compound heterozygous for the FMR1 premutation

European Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-40

  Van Esch, Hilde ^a   Buekenhout, Luc ^b   Race, Valerie ^a   Matthijs, Gert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Hospital St Franciscus   (Belgium)

Author keywords

FMR1; Menopause; POF; Premutation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GENOMIC DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CASE REPORT; EARLY MENOPAUSE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION 1 GENE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MENARCHE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METHYLATION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; OVARIAN FAILURE, PREMATURE; SIBLINGS;

EID: 58149119367     PISSN: 17697212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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