A newborn with ambiguous genitalia and persistent hypoglycemia

• Main Authors: Salleh, Muhammad Farhan, Lai, Yin Ye, Mohamed Mokhtar, Normaizuwana, Thambiah, Subashini C., Samsudin, Intan Nureslyna
• Format: Article
• Published: SAGE Publications Inc. 2024
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113890/; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00099228241271944
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Educational Objectives: In patients with classical 21-hydroxylase deficiency, the metabolic block in aldosterone and cortisol synthe-sis results in raised hormone precursor, 17-hydroxyprogesterone. Infants with simple virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia do not produce cortisol efficiently; how...