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A homozygous hypomorphic BRCA2 variant in primary ovarian insufficiency without cancer or Fanconi anemia trait

Heddar Abdelkader , Sandrine Caburet , Elodie Dardillac , Héléne Creux , Marie Lambert , Gabriel Livera , Lopez Bernard S , Misrahi Micheline

BRCA2, is a gene with a critical role in DNA repair and homologous recombination in somatic cells. Patients with BRCA2 biallelic mutations develop Fanconi Anemia (FA), a severe life-threatening condition characterized by pancytopenia and multiple malformations and malignancies, while women with monoallelic alteration are at high risk to develop breast or ovarian cancer (up to 60%). Primary Ovarian insufficiency (POI) affects 1% of women under forty and is a publi...