The genetic and clinical heterogeneity of gonadotropin-releasing hormone deficiency in the human

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4388-4395

  Waldstreicher, Joanne ^c   Seminara, Stephanie B ^a   Jameson, J Larry ^b   Geyer, Adam ^c   Nachtigall, Lisa B ^c   Boepple, Paul A ^c   Holmes, Lewis B ^a   Crowley Jr , William F ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADULT; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL INHERITANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029819642     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.12.4388     Document Type: Article

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