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[Polycystic ovary syndrome and congenital adrenal hyperplasia: a different entity for comparable phenotypes?].
Revue medicale suisse - 20 Jun 2007
Robyr Damien, Llor Juan, Gaudin Georges, Schneider Nicolas
Abstract excerpt
The phenotypes of the polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and congenital adrenal hyperplasia syndrome (CAHS) present a number of similarities. The main symptoms of PCOS are obesity, menstrual disorders, hirsutism, and low fertility in which the pituitary and adrenal glands are spared. The CAHS is a group of various entities all characterised by different degrees of malfunction of the 21-hydroxylase (CYP21) enzyme....
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