21-hydroxylase deficiency congenital adrenal hyperplasia.

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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) results from an enzymatic block at any stage in the synthesis of cortisol. All enzyme defects causing CAH are autosomal recessive traits. It is a relatively common disease, occurring in 1 in 5000 to 1 in 15,000 births in most populations. Since the isolation of the gene responsible for steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency (involved in about 90% of the cases of CAH) in 1984,...

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