Evidence for Chromosome 2p16.3 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Susceptibility Locus in Affected Women of European Ancestry
Author(s) -
Priscilla Mutharasan,
Eugene Galdones,
Beatriz Peñalver Bernabé,
Obed Garcia,
Nadereh Jafari,
Lonnie D. Shea,
Teresa K. Woodruff,
Richard S. Legro,
Andrea Dunaif,
Margrit Urbanek
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-2471
Subject(s) - polycystic ovary , locus (genetics) , single nucleotide polymorphism , genetics , haplotype , genetic association , genome wide association study , medicine , endocrinology , biology , cohort , gene , genotype , insulin resistance , obesity
A previous genome-wide association study in Chinese women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) identified a region on chromosome 2p16.3 encoding the LH/choriogonadotropin receptor (LHCGR) and FSH receptor (FSHR) genes as a reproducible PCOS susceptibility locus.
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