Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia consists of a heterogenous group of inherited disorders due to enzymatic defects in the biosynthetic pathway of cortisol and/or aldosterone. This results in glucocorticoid deficiency, mineralocorticoid deficiency, and androgen excess. 95% of CAH cases are due to 21-hyd...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dessinioti, Cleo, Katsambas, Andreas
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Landes Bioscience 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3329455/