Premature ovarian failure (POF) in Brazilian fragile X carriers
The gynecological and reproductive histories of 193 women from fragile X families were surveyed. Among the 101 carriers of the premutation, 14 experienced premature menopause, contrarily to their 37 fully mutated and 55 noncarrier female relatives. Although premature menopause showed a tendency to c...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Genética
1999-12-01
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Series: | Genetics and Molecular Biology |
Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571999000400002 |