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SUN-374 Management of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Pregnancy with Female Fetus

Introduction: Dexamethasone (dex) crosses placenta, suppresses fetal ACTH and reduces level of adrenal androgens in fetus with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). This reduces virilization of female genitalia and its associated risk of emotional distress and need for reconstructive surgery (1). As...

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Autores principales: Kothari, Vallari, Dojki, Farheen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Endocrine Society 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6553227/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/js.2019-SUN-374