Mutation analysis of the WNT4 gene in Han Chinese women with premature ovarian failure

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chen, Beili ^a   Suo, Peisu ^b,c   Wang, Binbin ^b,c   Wang, Jing ^b,c   Yang, Lu ^a   Zhou, Sirui ^b,c   Zhu, Ying ^a   Ma, Xu ^b,c,d   Cao, Yunxia ^a  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY PLANNING   (China)

^c GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WNT4 PROTEIN; FOLLITROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; RNA SPLICING; ASIAN; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; WNT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957568900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-9-75     Document Type: Article

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