Revisiting the prevalence of nonclassic congenital adrenal hyperplasia in US Ashkenazi Jews and Caucasians

PURPOSE: Nonclassic 21-hydroxylase deficiency, a mild form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), is estimated to be the most common autosomal recessive condition, with an especially high prevalence in Ashkenazi Jews (3.7% affected, 30.9% carriers), based on a 1985 HLA-B linkage study of affected...

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Published in:Genet Med
Main Authors: Hannah-Shmouni, Fady, Morissette, Rachel, Sinaii, Ninet, Elman, Meredith, Prezant, Toni R, Chen, Wuyan, Pulver, Ann, Merke, Deborah P
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Brief Report
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5675788/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28541281
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/gim.2017.46
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