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Isolated gonadotropic deficiency with and without anosmia: a developmental defect or a neuroendocrine regulation abnormality of the gonadotropic axis.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2005
de Roux Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism has been described in several human genetic diseases. Congenital isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is classified into two categories: one that is associated with anosmia (Kallmann syndrome) and one that is apparently isolated. Mutations and deletions of the KAL1 gene, which encodes for a protein involved in cell adhesion, have been observed in many cases of the X-linked form of...
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