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The role of mutations affecting gonadotrophin secretion and action in disorders of pubertal development.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Mar 2002
Huhtaniemi Ilpo T
Abstract excerpt
A number of mutations that disturb the development and function of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) axis and cause disturbances in pubertal development are known today. These mutations have effects at all levels of the HPG axis, from the migration of gonadotrophin releasing hormone (GnRH) neurones from the nasal cavity to the hypothalamus, GnRH secretion, GnRH action, pituitary gonadotroph...
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