Clinical Diagnosis of Patients with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: Where do Boys Vanish?

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Authors: V. Procházková ¹; J. Lebl ¹; O. Hníková ¹; B. Kalvachová ²; S. Koloušková ³; M. Šnajderová ³; J. Venháčová ⁴; F. Votava ¹; J. Zapletalová ⁴
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika dětí a dorostu 3. LF UK, FN Královské Vinohrady, Praha, 1přednosta doc. MUDr. J. Lebl, CSc. Endokrinologický ústav, Praha, 2ředitel prof. MUDr. RNDr. L. Stárka, DrSc. II. dětská klinika 2. LF UK, FNsP v Motole, Praha, 3přednosta doc. MUDr. J. Vavř
Published in: Čes-slov Pediat 1999; (10): 544-547.
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Overview

With the objective to evaluate the contemporary empirical diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)the authors analyzed data on 50 patients with P450c21 (21-hydroxylase) from four paediatric endocrinologicaldepartments in the Czech Republic. In the whole group of patients the ratio of girls to boys was 2.33 : 1 (p

Key words:
congenital adrenal hyperplasia, sex ratio, clinical diagnosis, neonatal screening

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