Endocrine Abstracts

Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism is a syndrome which may be manifested clinically by low sex steroids because of low (or inappropriately normal) gonadotropins. To date, more than 30 genes were reported as possible reason for this condition, but genetic basis is still unknown for ~60% of HH cases. Due to this fact we decided to analyze mRNA expression of several HH-related genes which can be found in leukocytes of peripheral blood: GNRHR and GNRH1 (which are necessary for adequate...