Mutation analysis of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene in idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1079-1085

  Layman, Lawrence C ^a   Sohn, Sae H ^b   Peak, Douglas B ^c   Reindollar, Richard H ^c   Xie, Jun ^c   Gray, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Pacific Fertility Center   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

GnRH deficiency; GnRH receptor; Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Kallmann syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, LHRH;

EID: 0031452036     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0015-0282(97)00400-7     Document Type: Article

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