Genetics of human hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Seminars in Medical Genetics

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 240-248

  Layman, Lawrence C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal hypoplasia congenita; Delayed puberty (genetics); Gonadotropin genes; Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Kallmann syndrome; Septo optic dysplasia

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; DELAYED PUBERTY; EXON; FERTILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, RECESSIVE; GONADOTROPINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPOGONADISM; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033616206     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991229)89:4<240::AID-AJMG8>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Review

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