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Neonatal screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia: 17-hydroxyprogesterone levels and CYP21 genotypes in preterm infants.
Pediatrics - 1 Oct 2001
Nordenström A, Wedell A, Hagenfeldt L, Marcus C, Larsson A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Neonatal screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) among preterm infants is complicated by the fact that healthy preterm infants have higher levels of 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OHP) than term infants, resulting in a higher false-positive rate. Even when gestational age-related cutoff levels after ether extraction were used, the false-positive cases primarily comprised preterm infants. The aim...
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