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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a family of autosomal-recessive disorders caused by mutations that encode for enzymes involved in one of the various steps of adrenal steroid synthesis. This chapter discusses adrenal steroidogenesis, 21-hyroxylase deficiency, 11 β-hydroxylase deficiency, 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency, 17α hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency, lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia, and various treatments.
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Wilson, R.C., New, M.I. (2006). Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. In: Runge, M.S., Patterson, C. (eds) Principles of Molecular Medicine. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-963-9_37
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