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Molecular and clinical characterization of Korean patients with congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia.
Journal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM - 1 Jan 2000
Yoo H W, Kim G H
Abstract excerpt
Congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia (CLAH) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder of steroid biosynthesis, caused by a molecular defect in the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR). Patients with CLAH usually manifest severe salt wasting, hypovolemia, enlargement of the adrenal glands and complete female external genitalia irrespective of the gonadal sex. CLAH seems to be more common in Koreans and...
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