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Molecular genetic and clinical delineation of 22 patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 26 Oct 2017
Aoyama Kohei, Mizuno Haruo, Tanaka Tatsushi, Togawa Takao, Negishi Yutaka, Ohashi Kei, Hori Ikumi, Izawa Masako, Hamajima Takashi, Saitoh Shinji
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) is classified as Kallmann syndrome (KS) with anosmia/hyposmia or normosmic (n)CHH. Here, we investigated the genetic causes and phenotype-genotype correlations in Japanese patients with CHH. METHODS: We enrolled 22 Japanese patients with CHH from 21 families (18 patients with KS and 4 with nCHH) and analyzed 27 genes implicated in CHH by next-generation...
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