Blood Pressure and Left Ventricular Characteristics in Young Patients with Classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency

High steroid doses are often necessary in congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) to suppress androgens and may increase blood pressure (BP). We evaluated 24-hour BP profile (ambBP), BP during exercise (excBP), and echocardiography in 20 young CAH patients. Systolic and diastolic BP during ambBP and ex...

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Autores principales: Ubertini, Graziamaria, Bizzarri, Carla, Grossi, Armando, Gimigliano, Fabrizio, Ravà, Lucilla, Fintini, Danilo, Cappa, Marco
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2821643/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20169124
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/383610

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