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Abnormal SEX DIFFERENTIATION or congenital DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT caused by abnormal levels of steroid hormones expressed by the GONADS or the ADRENAL GLANDS, such as in CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA and ADRENAL CORTEX NEOPLASMS. Due to abnormal steroid biosynthesis, clinical features include VIRILISM in females; FEMINIZATION in males; or precocious sexual development in children.
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- Adrenogenital Syndromes
- Syndrome, Adrenogenital
- Syndromes, Adrenogenital
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2005; use ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA, CONGENITAL 1980-2004
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- Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital (1964-2004)
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- National Library of Medicine. Adrenogenital Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D047808. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D047808
- Adrenogenital Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13368382