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A 27-year-old man with DS and severe obesity was admitted for hypoxia resulting from obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Laboratory tests showed normal levels of LH and FSH despite low testosterone and free testosterone levels. Moreover, thyroid stimulating hormone and prolactin levels were slightly elevated, although a euthyroid function was observed, and GH and IGF-1 levels were low. Endocrinological stimulation tests revealed hypogonadotropic hypogonadism and hypothalamic GH deficiency. Reduction in body weight by 35.3% resulted in the improvement of the IGF-1, thyroid stimulating hormone, and prolactin levels to the reference range, whereas the LH and FSH levels remained low, despite slight elevation. Levels of leptin, which suppresses the hypothalamus\u2013gonadotroph\u2013gonadal axis and upregulates thyrotropin-releasing hormone expression, decreased with weight loss. Furthermore, ghrelin, whose levels increase with weight loss, stimulates GH secretion. 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