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SUBMITTER: Panzer K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5363168 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Panzer Karin K Ekhaguere Osayame A OA Darbro Benjamin B Cook Jennifer J Shchelochkov Oleg A OA
Journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology 20161031 1
Steroid 3-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type II (3β-HSD2) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). We report the genetic basis of 3β-HSD2 deficiency arising from uniparental isodisomy (UPD) of chromosome 1. We describe a term undervirilized male whose newborn screen indicated borderline CAH. The patient presented on the 7<sup>th</sup> day of life in salt-wasting adrenal crisis. Steroid hormone testing revealed a complex pattern suggestive of 3β-H ...[more]