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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia 21-hydroxylase deficienty

Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2011

Abstract

CAH of 21 hydroxylase deficiency is the most common cause of disorders of sexual differentiation. Type of mutation is associated with clinical simply virilizing forms, salt waisting forms and non-classical forms.

Diagnosis is based on the detection of pathological metabolites, therapy is a combination of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids.