Prenatal diagnosis and treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia prevents virilisation of female fetuses;Prenatal diagnostik och behandling av adrenogenitalt syndrom: Förhindra virilisering av flickfoster

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Volumn , Issue 50, 1997, Pages 4781-4786

  Lajic, Svetlana ^a   Bui, The Hung ^b   Holst, Mikael ^a   Ritzen, Martin ^a,c   Wedell, Anna ^b,c  

^a Institutionen Kvinnors Och Barns H   (Sweden)

^b Institutionen For Molekylar Medicin   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GONADAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; VIRILISM;

EID: 0031564159     PISSN: 00237205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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