Congenital adrenal hyperplasia- 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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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1687-9856
DOI: 10.1186/1687-9856-2013-s1-p118