Neonatal adrenal insufficiency - beyond the common causes

• Main Authors: Inês Pires Duro (Author), Sara Mosca (Author), Graça Araújo (Author), Joana Lorenzo (Author), Catarina Figueiredo (Author), Joana Freitas (Author), Maria João Oliveira (Author), Teresa Borges (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hygeia Press di Corridori Marinella, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Primary adrenal insufficiency (PAI) can be caused by multiple etiologies. One of the rarest is X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita (AHC), a disorder of adrenal development that results from mutations in the NR0B1/DAX1 gene and in which half of the affected males present with salt loss...