Genetic heterogeneity evidenced by low incidence of KAL-1 gene mutations in sporadic cases of gonadotropin-releasing hormone deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 213-217

  Georgopoulos, Neoklis A ^a   Pralong, François P ^a,c   Seidman, Christine E ^b   Seidman, J G ^b   Crowley Jr , William F ^a   Vallejo, Mario ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANOSMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

BASE SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031016660     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.1.213     Document Type: Article

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