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Here, we aimed at studying the clinical and genetic features of paediatric\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      , especially the phenotype of hypospadias and dual defects (patients showing hypothalamic and\/or pituitary defects and testicular hypoplasia), so as to have a better understanding of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The clinical and genetic features of patients with\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      were analysed, and the relationships between hypospadias, dual defects and genetics were investigated.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Patients<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Patients who visited Beijing Children's Hospital and were positively diagnosed with\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      .\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Measurements<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The collected data included sex hormones,\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MRI<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      of the olfactory bulb, human chorionic gonadotrophin (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">hCG<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ) test and genetic testing. We analysed clinical features and genetic results, especially hypospadias and dual defects, and compared the stimulated testosterone (T) levels in patients with and without cryptorchidism.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Sixty\u2010four patients were positively diagnosed, and forty\u2010seven (73.4%) had Kallmann syndrome (\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ). Four patients (6.3%) had hypospadias, including 2\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      . Micropenis combined with cryptorchidism was the most common phenotype (39%). Approximately two\u2010third of patients showed a poor response to\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">hCG<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      ; 15 cases were diagnosed with dual defects, and there were no significant differences between those with and without cryptorchidism. Twenty\u2010six cases (51%) of 51 patients were identified as having classical\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      mutations, affecting 10 different genes, with oligogenic mutations in 5 cases (9.8%). The most common mutations were in\n                      <jats:italic>\n                        <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PROKR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                        2\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      (17.6%),\n                      <jats:italic>\n                        <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">FGFR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                        1\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      (13.7%) and\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      7 (7.8%). The frequency of\n                      <jats:italic>\n                        <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PROKR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                        2\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      mutations was higher in dual\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      when compared to other\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      cases (6\/15 vs 3\/36,\n                      <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a0.021).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Micropenis and\/or cryptorchidism can serve as important signs for the diagnosis of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      in paediatrics, and the coexistence of hypospadias does not exclude the diagnosis of\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      , including\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">KS<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      or normosmic isolated\n                      <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">HH<\/jats:styled-content>\n                      (nHH). Testicular function may be impaired earlier than expected, and\n                      <jats:italic>\n                        <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">PROKR<\/jats:styled-content>\n                        2\n                      <\/jats:italic>\n                      mutations need to be evaluated to identify presumed dual defects.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/cen.13451","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,8,20]],"date-time":"2017-08-20T07:16:36Z","timestamp":1503213396000},"page":"757-766","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":43,"title":["Clinical and genetic features of 64 young male paediatric patients with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"87","author":[{"given":"Yi","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"National Center for Children's Health Capital Medical University  Beijing China"},{"name":"Department of Endocrinology, 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