Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: The prenatal treatment of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) with Dexamethasone (Dex) is effective at minimising virilisation in affected females. Treatment is initiated with Dex at 20 mcg/kg per day (max 1.5 mg/day) as soon as pregnancy is confirmed and continued to term in affected females only. There are concerns regarding neurocognitive difficulties in children exposed to prenatal Dex, but no reports of late intra-uterine deaths (IUD) attributed to prenatal...