Case report: 17 Alpha-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase deficiency: A rare cause of endocrine hypertension

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 126-129

  Hermans, Cedric ^a   De Plaen, Jean François ^a   De Nayer, Philippe ^a   Maiter, Dominique ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

congenital adrenal hyperplasia; male pseudohermaphroditism; steroid enzyme deficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DEXAMETHASONE; SPIRONOLACTONE; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENZYME DEFECT; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PSEUDOHERMAPHRODITISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029838060     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9629(15)41777-x     Document Type: Article

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