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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia clinical characteristics and genotype in newborn, childhood and adolescence.
Medicina - 1 Jan 2007
Pasqualini Titania, Alonso Guillermo, Tomasini Rosangela, Galich Ana Maria, Buzzalino Noemi, Fernandez Cecilia, Minutolo Carolina, Alba Liliana, Dain Liliana
Abstract excerpt
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is a disorder which can adopt three clinical expressions: two classical forms -salt-wasting (SW), with residual enzymatic activity (EA) < or = 1% and simple virilizing (SV), with EA 1-2%- and a mild late onset or nonclassical (NC) form, with EA 10-60%. Our objective is to describe clinical characteristics, growth, and bone mass in a group of...
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