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8th European Congress of Endocrinology incorporating the British Endocrine Societies

Plenary Lecturers’ Biographical Notes

Clinical Endocrinology Trust Visiting Professor Lecture

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Understanding the genetic control of puberty in the human

Crowley W

One of the fundamental mysteries of biology has been the genetic control of puberty in the human. High degrees of species specificity in the control of GnRH secretion, the central actor in sexual maturation, and the rarity of a discrete period of childhood quiescence independent of suckling in most animals have compounded this problem.The clinical condition of Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism, either with normosmia (nIHH)) or with anosmia (Kallma...