New developments in prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

Abstract excerpt

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) owing to 21-hydroxylase deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in the CYP21A2 gene. Females affected with classical CAH are at risk for genital ambiguity, but can be treated in utero with dexamethasone before 9 gestational weeks to p...

Topics

• Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
• DNA
• Dexamethasone
• Female
• Genes, Recessive
• Gestational Age
• High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
• Humans
• Male
• Mutation
• Pregnancy
• Prenatal Diagnosis
• Virilism