A total of 43 rare or novel variants were found in 20 genes associated with congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism CHH (ANOS1, CCDC141, CHD7, DUSP6, FEZF1, FGFR1, FLRT3, FSHB, GNRHR, HS6ST1,LHX3, LHX4, PLXNA3, PROK2, PROKR2, PROP1, RNF216, SEMA3A, SEMA3F and SPRY4). Here, PROP1 is linked to cartilage-hair hypoplasia.