| Literature DB >> 9647544 |
G S Conway1, N N Payne, J Webb, A Murray, P A Jacobs.
Abstract
We have screened 132 women with premature ovarian failure for fragile X (FRAXA) premutations. Three out of 23 (13%) pedigrees with the familial premature ovarian failure and 3/106 (3%) of women with the sporadic form of premature ovarian failure have FRAXA premutations compared with an expected prevalence of 1:590 (P=0.02). The mechanism of the association between FRAXA premutations and premature ovarian failure is unknown but as a genetic marker, FRAXA screening will be particularly valuable in predicting premature ovarian failure in some pedigrees and in the identification of families at risk of transmitting fragile X syndrome.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9647544 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/13.5.1184
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Reprod ISSN: 0268-1161 Impact factor: 6.918