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SUBMITTER: Khattab A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5347606 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Khattab Ahmed A Haider Shozeb S Kumar Ameet A Dhawan Samarth S Alam Dauood D Romero Raquel R Burns James J Li Di D Estatico Jessica J Rahi Simran S Fatima Saleel S Alzahrani Ali A Hafez Mona M Musa Noha N Razzghy Azar Maryam M Khaloul Najoua N Gribaa Moez M Saad Ali A Charfeddine Ilhem Ben IB Bilharinho de Mendonça Berenice B Belgorosky Alicia A Dumic Katja K Dumic Miroslav M Aisenberg Javier J Kandemir Nurgun N Alikasifoglu Ayfer A Ozon Alev A Gonc Nazli N Cheng Tina T Kuhnle-Krahl Ursula U Cappa Marco M Holterhus Paul-Martin PM Nour Munier A MA Pacaud Daniele D Holtzman Assaf A Li Sun S Zaidi Mone M Yuen Tony T New Maria I MI
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170222 10
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), resulting from mutations in <i>CYP11B1</i>, a gene encoding 11β-hydroxylase, represents a rare autosomal recessive Mendelian disorder of aberrant sex steroid production. Unlike CAH caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency, the disease is far more common in the Middle East and North Africa, where consanguinity is common often resulting in identical mutations. Clinically, affected female newborns are profoundly virilized (Prader score of 4/5), and both genders disp ...[more]