111 CAH (21-HYDROXYLASE DEFICIENCY) PRESENTING AS CENTRAL PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia- presenting as central precocious puberty
Results 3 were boys, out of which 2 were twins. 3 boys were diagnosed to have CAH after presentation to the OPD. They had mean bone age of 12 years. They had elevated testosterone (mean : 2.4 ng/ml) and 17 hydoxyprogesterone ( mean : 24 ng/ml ) at presentation. They had clinical (testicular volume 5ml) and biochemical (mean basal LH : 6 ng/ml )evidence of central precocious puberty. The girl wa...
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Background & Objective: Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia(CAH) includes a group of inherited diseases which are caused by enzyme defects in the synthesis of cortisol from cholesterol. It manifests itself in different forms like ambiguous genitalia, adrenal crisis in infants, precocious puberty in children, hirsutism, oligomenorrhea and infertility in adults. Although CAH is one of the most com...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198506000-00131