Maturitas
Volume 57, Issue 4 , Pages 399-404 , 20 August 2007

Gene analysis in patients with premature ovarian failure or gonadal dysgenesis: A preliminary study

  • Ana Maria Massad-Costa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
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  • Ismael Dale Cotrim Guerreiro da Silva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
    • ,
  • Regina Affonso

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
    • ,
  • José Maria Soares Jr.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Rua Sena Madureira 1245 apt 11, 040210-051 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Tel.: +55 11 50853681; fax: +55 11 50853681.
    • ,
  • Márcia Gaspar Nunes

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
    • ,
  • Geraldo Rodrigues de Lima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
    • ,
  • Edmund C. Baracat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynecology, Federal University of São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Brazil
    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of São Paulo, Brazil

Received 12 November 2006 ,Revised 18 March 2007 ,Accepted 22 April 2007.

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PII: S0378-5122(07)00164-8

doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2007.04.005

Maturitas
Volume 57, Issue 4 , Pages 399-404 , 20 August 2007

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