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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Keely E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6341502 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Obstetric medicine 20120924 4
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal-recessive disorders caused by a reduced or absent enzymatic activity at one of the stages of adrenal steroid biosynthesis. Prenatal exposure to androgens leads to external genital masculinization of the affected female child. In pregnancy, the provider may be optimizing care for the woman with CAH or targeting treatment to reduce virilization in the affected unborn child. For the affected adult woman the goals of therapy in pregnancy a ...[more]