A novel compound heterozygous mutation of the luteinizing hormone receptor - Implications for fertility

Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 787-794

  Mitri, Frederic ^a   Bentov, Yaakov ^a   Behan, Lucy Ann ^a   Esfandiari, Navid ^a   Casper, Robert F ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphiregulin; Compound heterozygous; G protein coupled receptor; LHCGR mutation; Luteinizing hormone receptor; Signal peptide

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; EXON; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; INTRAUTERINE INSEMINATION; INTRON; OOCYTE DONATION; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TARGETING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOP CODON; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY; FERTILITY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; EXONS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUTATION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; RECEPTORS, LH;

EID: 84904406314     PISSN: 10580468     EISSN: 15737330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10815-014-0249-5     Document Type: Article

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