Premature Ovarian Failure among Fragile X Premutation Carriers: Parent-of-Origin Effect?
โ Scribed by Stephanie L. Sherman
- Book ID
- 117853357
- Publisher
- American Society of Human Genetics
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 104 KB
- Volume
- 67
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9297
- DOI
- 10.1086/302985
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## Abstract Since only 20% of female fragile X premutation carriers develop premature ovarian failure (POF, i.e., amenorrhea before age of 40 years), and since X chromosome inactivation (XCI) determines the phenotypic severity of full mutation women, we reasoned that the development of POF in fragi
Early menopause in the fragile X carriers has been well documented in several reports. All surveys demonstrated that 13-25% of fragile X carriers experienced premature ovarian failure (POF), defined as menopause before the age of 40 years. In 1995 we started screening two groups of subjects as a par