Novel variants in the SOHLH2 gene are implicated in human premature ovarian failure

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Qin, Yingying ^a   Jiao, Xue ^a   Dalgleish, Raymond ^b   Vujovic, Svetlana ^c   Li, Jin ^d   Simpson, Joe Leigh ^e,f   Al Azzawi, Farook ^d   Chen, Zi Jiang ^a,g  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation   (United States)

^f FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

ovarian function; Premature ovarian failure (POF); primary ovarian insufficiency (POI); SOHLH2; variation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONSENSE MEDIATED MRNA DECAY; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SPLICING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOHLH2 GENE; WILD TYPE;

OVARIAN FUNCTION; PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE (POF); PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY (POI); SOHLH2; VARIATION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY OVARIAN INSUFFICIENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERBIA;

EID: 84897129902     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: 15565653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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