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Enzyme Defects

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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Part of the book series: Monographs on Endocrinology ((ENDOCRINOLOGY,volume 26))

Abstract

The following enzymatic deficiencies of steroidogenesis have been described:

  • *21-hydroxylase:

    1. (a)

      simple virilizing

    2. (b)

      salt-wasting

  • *11β-hydroxylase

  • *3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD)

  • *17α-hydroxylase

  • *cholesterol desmolase

  • 18-hydroxylase (corticosterone methyl oxidase, type I)

  • 18-dehydrogenase of 18-hydroxycorticosterone (corticosterone methyl oxidase, type II)

  • 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17β-HSD)

  • 17,20-lyase

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  1. Division of Pediatric Endocrinology Department of Pediatrics, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA

    Maria I. New M. D. & Lenore S. Levine M. D.

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New, M.I., Levine, L.S. (1984). Enzyme Defects. In: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. Monographs on Endocrinology, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-82011-3_3

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