Korean J Fertil Steril.  2000 Jun;27(2):179-182.

The Analysis of LHbeta -subunit Variants in Infertile Patients with Premature Ovarian Failure (POF) in Korea

• Lee EG
• Kim NK
• Lee SH
• Ko JJ
• Cha KY
• Jeon HS
• Lee KA

Abstract

This study was performed to determine whether the LHbeta -subunit gene missense mutation is present in Korean infertile patients with 46,XX POF women. The variants of LHbeta exon 2 (Trp 8Arg; TGG to CGG and Ile15Thr; ATC ti ACC) were studied in forty-four 46.XX idiopathic POF and 54 nonpregnant women. The LHbeta exon 2 variants were more frequent in POF patients (20.5%) than nonpregnant( 16.7%) women (p>0.05). POF patients with the variant was slightly higher than nonpregnant women with the variant.

MeSH Terms

Exons
Female
Humans
Korea*
Mutation, Missense
Primary Ovarian Insufficiency*