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ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2022

Genetic architecture of self-limited delayed puberty and congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism.

Valeria Vezzoli, Faris Hrvat, Giovanni Goggi, Silvia Federici, Biagio Cangiano, Richard Quinton, Luca Persani, Marco Bonomi

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Review in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Sibling cases of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism harboring compound heterozygousClinical pediatric endocrinology : case reports and clinical investigations : official journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology · 2026
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  4. Novel KISS1 Gene Mutation Leading to Male Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism.Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association · 2026
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  9. Additional mutation inBMJ case reports · 2024
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  11. Diabetes Mellitus, Kidney Disease, and Sense of Taste.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Valeria VezzoliDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and Lab of Endocrine and Metabolic Research, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.
Faris HrvatDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Giovanni GoggiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Silvia FedericiDepartment of Medical Biotechnology and Translational Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Biagio CangianoDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and Lab of Endocrine and Metabolic Research, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.
Richard QuintonDepartment of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom.
Luca PersaniDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and Lab of Endocrine and Metabolic Research, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.
Marco BonomiDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases and Lab of Endocrine and Metabolic Research, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Distinguishing between self limited delayed puberty (SLDP) and congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (CHH) may be tricky as they share clinical and biochemical characteristics. and appear to lie within the same clinical spectrum. However, one is classically transient (SDLP) while the second is typically a lifetime condition (CHH). The natural history and long-term outcomes of these two conditions differ significantly and thus command distinctive approaches and management. Because the first presentation of SDLP and CHH is very similar (delayed puberty with low LH and FSH and low sex hormones), the scientific community is scrambling to identify diagnostic tests that can allow a correct differential diagnosis among these two conditions, without having to rely on the presence or absence of phenotypic red flags for CHH that clinicians anyway seem to find hard to process. Despite the heterogeneity of genetic defects so far reported in DP, genetic analysis through next-generation sequencing technology (NGS) had the potential to contribute to the differential diagnostic process between SLDP and CHH. In this review we will provide an up-to-date overview of the genetic architecture of these two conditions and debate the benefits and the bias of performing genetic analysis seeking to effectively differentiate between these two conditions.

Indexed as

HypogonadismPuberty, DelayedDiagnosis, DifferentialHumanscongenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadismdelayed pubertygenetic testGnRH deficiencyself-limited delayed puberty

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PMID36726466
PMCPMC9884699

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