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Superior discriminating value of ACTH-stimulated serum 21-deoxycortisol in identifying heterozygote carriers for 21-hydroxylase deficiency.
Clinical endocrinology - 1 Dec 2010
Costa-Barbosa Flávia A, Tonetto-Fernandes Vânia F, Carvalho Valdemir M, Nakamura Odete H, Moura Vivian, Bachega Tânia A S S, Vieira José G H, Kater Claudio E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Congenital adrenal hyperplasia caused by classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is an autosomal recessive disorder with a high prevalence of asymptomatic heterozygote carriers (HTZ) in the general population, making case detection desirable by routine methodology. HTZ for classic and nonclassic (NC) forms have basal and ACTH-stimulated values of 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17OHP) that fail to...
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