Trait
Light or infrequent menstrual periods
Clinical name: Oligomenorrhea
Infrequent menses (less than 6 per year or more than 35 days between cycles).
Summary
- Body system
- Abnormality of the genitourinary system
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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Changes in these genes cause rare conditions in which Light or infrequent menstrual periods is seen. Most people with this trait have none of those conditions, and a gene on this list says nothing about anyone's own genome.
| Gene | How often it is seen | Conditions |
|---|---|---|
| MSH5mutS homolog 5 | Always | In 1 condition |
| CIDECcell death inducing DFFA like effector c | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| LIPElipase E, hormone sensitive type | Very often (80–99%) | In 1 condition |
| PRLRprolactin receptor | Very often (80–99%) | In 2 conditions |
| AKT2AKT serine/threonine kinase 2 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| FANCMFA complementation group M | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| FSHBfollicle stimulating hormone subunit beta | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| GALTgalactose-1-phosphate uridylyltransferase | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| H6PDhexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase/glucose 1-dehydrogenase | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| HERC2HECT and RLD domain containing E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| MAGEL2MAGE family member L2 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| MEIOBmeiosis specific with OB-fold | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| MKRN3makorin ring finger protein 3 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| NPAP1nuclear pore associated protein 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| NR3C1nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| PLIN1perilipin 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| PPARGperoxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma | Often (30–79%) | In 2 conditions |
| PWAR1Prader Willi/Angelman region RNA 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| PWRN1Prader-Willi region non-protein coding RNA 1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| RNF216ring finger protein 216 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SNORD115-1small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 115-1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SNORD116-1small nucleolar RNA, C/D box 116-1 | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| SYCP2Lsynaptonemal complex protein 2 like | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| TPRtranslocated promoter region, nuclear basket protein | Often (30–79%) | In 1 condition |
| AIPAHR interacting HSP90 co-chaperone | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 2 conditions |
| ATRXATRX chromatin remodeler | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| BRAFB-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| CDH23cadherin related 23 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| FOXL2forkhead box L2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| GNASGNAS complex locus | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 2 conditions |
| GPR101G protein-coupled receptor 101 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| LARS2leucyl-tRNA synthetase 2, mitochondrial | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PHKA2phosphorylase kinase regulatory subunit alpha 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PHKBphosphorylase kinase regulatory subunit beta | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| PHKG2phosphorylase kinase catalytic subunit gamma 2 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| TP53tumor protein p53 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| USP48ubiquitin specific peptidase 48 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 1 condition |
| USP8ubiquitin specific peptidase 8 | Sometimes (5–29%) | In 2 conditions |
| STUB1STIP1 homology and U-box containing protein 1 | Rarely (1–4%) | In 1 condition |
| CISD2CDGSH iron sulfur domain 2 | Not recorded | In 1 condition |
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Where this comes from
- The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the trait, its names, its definition and the genes linked to it. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
- Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.
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