familial hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

fa·mil·i·al hy·po·gon·a·do·trop·ic hy·po·go·nad·ism

[MIM*312100 & MIM*307300] a group of disorders characterized by failure of sexual development, owing to inadequate secretion of pituitary gonadotropins; perhaps X-linked, but probably autosomal dominant and recessive modes of inheritance also exist.

fa·mil·i·al hy·po·gon·a·do·trop·ic hy·po·go·nad·ism

(fă-milē-ăl hīpō-gonă-dō-trōpik hīpō-gonă-dizm) [MIM*312100 & 307300, MIM*312100, MIM*307300, MIM*312100 &] Disorders characterized by failure of sexual development, owing to inadequate secretion of pituitary gonadotropins.