ESPE Abstracts

Kallman syndrome is defined by the association of anosmia due to an agenesis of the olfactory bulbs and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism due to a GnRH deficiency which is currently explained by a deficit of GnRH neuron migration from the olfactory placode toward the hypothalamus. In fact, the X-linked form of KS is due to loss of function mutations in ANOS1 which encodes an extracellular protein (ANOSMIN) interacting with cell membrane heparin sulfate proteoglycans but a...