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adrenogenital syndrome
(redirected from Congenital adrenal hyperplasia)

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adrenogenital syndrome [ə¦drēn·ō′jen·ə·təl ′sin‚drōm]
(medicine)
A group of symptoms associated with hypersecretion of adrenal cortex hormones; effects vary with sex and time of development.


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Another condition, called congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), is an endocrine disorder in which the adrenal glands produce abnormally high levels of virilising hormones in women, resulting in masculinisation.
ORLANDO -- Genetic females with congenital adrenal hyperplasia and ambiguous genitalia who, as infants, were surgically corrected to a female phenotype had a lower feminine sexual role and a tendency toward depression as adults, based on extensive follow-up of 11 patients.
FOLLOWING our article about congenital adrenal hyperplasia, (Your Life, October 30) those who need advice or support should contact www.
 
 
 
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