Preferred Label : Premature ovarian failure 1;
Symbol : POF1;
CISMeF acronym : POF; POFX; POF1;
Type : Phenotype, molecular basis known;
Alternative titles and symbols : Hypergonadotropic ovarian failure, X-linked; POFX; Premature ovarian failure, X-linked; Ovarian failure, premature; Primary ovarian insufficiency, fragile X-associated; POF; Fragile X premature ovarian failure;
Description : Premature ovarian failure is clearly a heterogeneous disorder. The terms 'hypergonadotropic
ovarian failure' and 'hypergonadotropic ovarian dysgenesis' (see ODG1, 233300) have
been used to indicate a group of disorders in which amenorrhea associated with elevated
levels of serum gonadotropins occurs long before the age of 40 years (Coulam, 1982).
Cytogenetic studies of X-chromosome aberrations have suggested that it is mainly the
long arm of the X chromosome that is involved in defects of ovulation (Bione et al.,
1998). - Genetic Heterogeneity of Premature Ovarian Failure Mutations in genes identified
within a region defined as POF2 (Xq13.3-q21.1) have been found to cause other forms
of POF: POF2A (300511) by mutation in the DIAPH2 gene (300108) and POF2B (300604)
by mutation in the POF1B gene (300603). See also POF3 (608996), which can be caused
by mutation in the FOXL2 gene (605597), POF4 (see 300510), which can be caused by
mutation in the BMP15 gene (300247), POF5 (611548), which can be caused by mutation
in the NOBOX gene (610934), POF6 (612310), which can be caused by mutation in the
FIGLA gene (608697), and POF7 (612964), which is caused by mutation in the NR5A1 gene
(184757).;
Inheritance : X-linked;
Molecular basis : Caused by mutation in the FMR1 gene (FMR1, 309550.0004);
Prefixed ID : #311360;
Origin ID : 311360;
UMLS CUI : C4552079;
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See also inter- (CISMeF)
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