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Update on the prenatal diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11beta-hydroxylase deficiency.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Feb 2005
Motaghedi R, Betensky B P, Slowinska B, Cerame B, Cabrer M, New M I, Wilson R C
Abstract excerpt
11beta-Hydroxylase deficiency is a common form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia causing virilization of the female fetus and hypertension. DNA analysis of the gene (CYP11B1) encoding 11beta-hydroxylase has been reported previously to be effective in the prenatal diagnosis of one affected female fetus. In that case, prenatal treatment with dexamethasone resulted in normal female genitalia. We now report five new...
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