A molecular approach to the pathophysiology of the X chromosome-linked Kallmann's syndrome.

doi:10.1016/s0950-351x(95)80553-2

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A molecular approach to the pathophysiology of the X chromosome-linked Kallmann's syndrome.

Bailliere's clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Jul 1995

Hardelin J P, Petit C

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The human KAL gene is responsible for the X chromosome-linked Kallmann's syndrome, which consists of an association between hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and anosmia (or hyposmia). Additional symptoms are occasionally observed. The olfactory defect is associated with hypoplasia of the olfactory b...

Topics

Animals
Extracellular Matrix Proteins
Humans
Kallmann Syndrome
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Olfactory Bulb
Olfactory Nerve

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