Article
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 (...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
- Alleles
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Gene Conversion
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
