Effects of race/ethnicity on triple CGG counts in the FMR1 gene in infertile women and egg donors

Reproductive BioMedicine Online

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-491

  Gleicher, Norbert ^a,b,c   Weghofer, Andrea ^a,d   Barad, David H ^a,b,e  

^a Center for Human Reproduction (CHR)   (United States)

^b Foundation for Reproductive Medicine   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; FMR1 (fragile X) gene; Infertility; Ovarian function; Race

Indexed keywords

FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DONOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OOCYTE; OVARIAN RESERVE; OVARY FUNCTION; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 77951652465     PISSN: 14726483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbmo.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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