Prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (21-hydroxylase deficiency) in Croatia

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 302-306

  Dumic, M ^a   Brkljacic, L ^a   Plavsic, V ^a   Zunec, R ^a   Ille, J ^a   Wilson, R C ^b   Kuvacic, I ^a   Kastelan, A ^a   New, M I ^b  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

21 hydroxylase mutation; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Prenatal diagnosis; Prenatal treatment

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; DEXAMETHASONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE;

ABORTION; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; SALT LOSING NEPHRITIS; VIRILIZATION;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; CHORIONIC VILLI SAMPLING; CROATIA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

EID: 0030874836     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19971031)72:3<302::AID-AJMG10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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