ea0020p279 | Clinical case reports and clinical reports | ECE2009
Kebapci Nur
, Efe Belgin
, Kebapci Mahmut
, Donmez Turgut
, Cetin Cengiz
, Hassa Hikmet
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) owing to 21 hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is an inherited autosomal disorder characterized by diminished glucocorticoid and aldosteron biosynthesis. Partial 21OHD leads to the classical simple virilizing form, characterized by prenatal virilization of external genitalia in female fetuses without salt wasting. Ambiguous genitalia in a genetically female infant is frequently due to CAH. The uncertainty about the sex of a newborn is often inc...