DEXAMETHASONE TREATMENT OF CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA IN UTERO: AN EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY OF UNPROVEN SAFETY
- 1 August 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 162 (2) , 537-540
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(05)68624-7
Abstract
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to steroid 21-hydroxylase deficiency is a common cause of genital virilization in female infants resulting from inappropriate fetal adrenal androgen...Keywords
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