Nasal embryonic LHRH factor (NELF) mutations in patients with normosmic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and Kallmann syndrome

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Xu, Ning ^a,b   Kim, Hyung Goo ^a   Bhagavath, Balasubramanian ^c   Cho, Sung Gyu ^a   Lee, Jae Ho ^a   Ha, Kyungsoo ^a   Meliciani, Irene ^d   Wenzel, Wolfgang ^d   Podolsky, Robert H ^a   Chorich, Lynn P ^a   Stackhouse, Kathryn A ^a   Grove, Anna M H ^a   Odom, Lawrence N ^a   Ozata, Metin ^e   Bick, David P ^f   Sherins, Richard J ^g   Kim, Soo Hyun ^h   Cameron, Richard S ^a   Layman, Lawrence C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^f MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g Columbia Fertility Associates   (United States)

^h ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GnRH neuron migration; gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); hypogonadotropic hypogonadism; Kallmann syndrome; Nasal embryonic LHRH factor

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; KALLMANN SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NELF GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 79952994081     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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