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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Main Authors: Angela M. Vianna-Morgante, Silvia S. Costa, Rita de C.M. Pavanello, P.A. Otto, Regina C. Mingroni-Netto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 1999-12-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47571999000400002