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Female preponderance in congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to CYP21 deficiency in England: implications for neonatal screening.
Hormone research - 1 Jan 2005
Nordenström A, Ahmed S, Jones J, Coleman M, Price D A, Clayton P E, Hall C M
Abstract excerpt
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase (CYP21) deficiency causes symptoms ranging from life-threatening neonatal adrenal crises to minimal virilization in adulthood. The relationship between CYP21 genotype and phenotypic markers in a non-screened population of 73 CAH children (44 female, 29 male; 54 white, 19 Asian) treated at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital was investigated and...
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