FMR1 low sub-genotype does not rescue BRCA1/2-mutated human embryos and does not explain primary ovarian insufficiency among BRCA1/2-carriers

Human Reproduction

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2308-2311

  Brandao R D ^a,b   Van Roozendaal, K ^a   Tserpelis, D ^a   Blok, M J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BRCA1 2; embryo rescue; FMR1; preimplantation genetic diagnostics; primary ovarian insufficiency

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIZE FRAGMENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880547360     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/det254     Document Type: Article

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