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Analysis of the KAL1 gene in 19 Japanese patients with Kallmann syndrome.
Endocrine journal - 1 Apr 2001
Izumi Y, Tatsumi K, Okamoto S, Ogawa T, Hosokawa A, Matsuo T, Kato Y, Fukui H, Amino N
Abstract excerpt
Kallmann syndrome is defined by the association of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia. The KAL1 gene is responsible for the X-linked form of Kallmann syndrome. We analyzed the KAL1 gene in 19 Japanese patients with Kallmann syndrome, including 3 patients reported previously, using PCR-direct sequencing method. All of 19 patients were sporadic, except for 2 monozygotic twins. In this study, there were 3...
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