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Clinical genetics of Kallmann syndrome.
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 May 2010
Dodé C, Hardelin J-P
Abstract excerpt
The Kallmann syndrome (KS) combines hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (HH) with anosmia. This is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease. KAL1, encoding the extracellular glycoprotein anosmin-1, is responsible for the X chromosome-linked recessive form of the disease (KAL1). Mutations in FGFR1 or FGF8, encoding fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 and fibroblast growth factor-8, respectively, underlie an...
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