[Prenatal molecular genetic diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency].

Article

[Prenatal molecular genetic diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency].

Medicina clinica - 15 Nov 1997

Rodríguez A, Ezquieta B, Varela J M, Moreno M, Dulín E, Rodríguez Arnao M D

Abstract excerpt

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OH), in its severe forms, produces virilization of the external genitalia of the affected female fetus. Early treatment with dexamethasone of the pregnant mother at risk of a fetus with 21-OH deficiency avoids the masculinization...

Topics

Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
Chorionic Villi Sampling
DNA
Female
Humans
Mutation
Pedigree
Pregnancy

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