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A Case of Congenital Lipoid Adrenal Hyperplasia
Hae Kyung Lee, Dong Hwan Lee, Sang Jhoo Lee
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1995;38(4):567-573.   Published online April 15, 1995
Congenital lipoid adrenal hyperplasia is the rarest type among salt losing types of congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The defect of this disorder is in the cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme(P450SCC)which converts cholesterol to pregnenolone. We experienced a case of 20,22 desmolse deficiency in a 21-day old phenotypically female who was admitted to our hospital due to lethargy and dark skin pigmentation. The...
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