The More Mutations, The Worse The Disease In Idiopathic Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism

... Idiopathic hypogonadotropic hypogonadism (IHH) is an inherited genetic disorder that results in impaired sexual development due to a deficiency in a sex hormone known as GnRH. Although individuals are thought to inherit IHH by having just one gene defect (in any one of a number of genes), not all the evidence supports this hypothesis, for example, not all family members with a given gene defect have the same symptoms. ...