MECHANISMS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY: Rare defects in adrenal steroidogenesis.

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of genetic disorders of adrenal steroidogenesis that impair cortisol synthesis, with compensatory increases in ACTH leading to hyperplastic adrenals. The term 'CAH' is generally used to mean 'steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency' (21OHD) as 21OHD accounts for about 95% of CAH in most populations; the incidences of the rare forms of CAH vary with ethnicity and...

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