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An update to 21-hydroxylase deficient congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
Gynecological endocrinology : the official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Endocrinology - 1 Jan 2010
Trakakis Eftihios, Basios George, Trompoukis Pantelis, Labos George, Grammatikakis Ioannis, Kassanos Demetrios
Abstract excerpt
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to deficiency of the enzyme 21-hydroxylase (21-OH) is distinguished in classical (C-CAH) and non-classical form (NC-CAH), and it is also one of the most common autosomal recessive inherited disorders in humans. The prevalence of C-CAH is between 1:10,000 and 1:15,000 among the live neonates of North America and Europe while the NC-CAH occurs in approximately 0.2% of the...
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