Fertility and Sterility
Volume 91, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1362-1365 , April 2009

Association between polymorphisms in the protein L-isoaspartate (D-aspartate) O-methyltransferase gene and premature ovarian failure

  • Jung-A. Pyun, B.S.
    • ,
  • HyunJun Kang, B.S.
    • ,
  • Seung Ku Lee, M.S.
    • ,
  • Min-ho Kim, M.S.
    • ,
  • KyuBum Kwack, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: KyuBum Kwack, Ph.D., Medical Genomics Laboratory, CHA Research Institute, Bundang Campus, Pochon CHA University, 222 Yatap-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do 463-836, Republic of Korea (FAX: 82-31-725-8350).

Received 26 November 2007 ,Revised 28 March 2008 ,Accepted 28 March 2008.

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 Supported by grants from Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (01-PJ10-PG6-01GN13-0002 and 0405-BC02-0604-0004).

 J-A.P. has nothing to disclose. HJ.K. has nothing to disclose. S.K.L. has nothing to disclose. M.K. has nothing to disclose. KB.K. has nothing to disclose.

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doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.03.078

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