Inactivating mutations in the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor (FSHR) gene have been reported to cause hereditary hypergonadotropic ovarian failure.
Delayed puberty and primary amenorrhea associated with a novel mutation of the human follicle-stimulating hormone receptor: clinical, histological, and molecular studies.
Other possibilities for the presence of 46,XX gonadal dysgenesis, such as defects in the regulatory regions of the FSHR gene promoter, in the untranslated regions of exons 1 and 10, and within introns, or the existence of other genes likely to be important for normal ovarian function on the X chromosome or on autosomes, should be considered.
The frequency of an inactivating point mutation (566C-->T) of the human follicle-stimulating hormone receptor gene in four populations using allele-specific hybridization and time-resolved fluorometry.
We recently discovered that an inactivating point mutation in the FSH receptor (R) gene causes a recessively inherited form of hypergonadotropic ovarian failure in homozygous females.