Growth pattern of untreated boys with simple virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia indicates relative androgen insensitivity during the first six months of life

Hormone Research in Paediatrics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 264-268

  Bonfig, W ^a,b,c   Schwarz, H P ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Androgen sensitivity; Congenital adrenal hyperplasia; Glucocorticoids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 21A2; HYDROCORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE AGE; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; GROWTH RATE; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEWBORN SCREENING; PEDIATRICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC HAIR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE DEFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; ANDROGENS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE; VIRILISM;

EID: 79953657282     PISSN: 16632818     EISSN: 16632826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322580     Document Type: Article

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