Mutational analysis of the WNT gene family in women with Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 91, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2009, Pages 1604-1607

  Ravel, Celia ^a,b,c   Lorenço, Diana ^a,b   Dessolle, Lionel ^b,c   Mandelbaum, Jacqueline ^b,c   McElreavey, Ken ^a   Darai, Emile ^c   Siffroi, Jean Pierre ^b,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^d ARMAND TROUSSEAU HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN; WNT4 PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN; WNT9B PROTEIN;

AGENESIS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROKITANSKY SYNDROME;

AMENORRHEA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MULLERIAN DUCTS; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SYNDROME; UTERUS; VAGINA; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 63449110882     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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