RT Journal
A1 LARON Z
T1 OBservations on a baby born to a mother with congenital adrenal hyperplasia
JF A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
JO A.M.A. Journal of Diseases of Children
YR 1959
FD August 1
VO 98
IS 2
SP 162
OP 165
DO 10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020164004
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpedi.1959.02070020164004
AB Since the introduction of cortisone as treatment of the adrenogenital syndrome by Wilkins et al.1 only three women with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, including one from this hospital, have been reported to have given birth to a live baby.2-4Considering the problems presented by the baby of a mother with the adrenogenital syndrome, a disease generally considered inheritable,5 and in particular the possible damage to the fetus by prolonged administration of cortisone to the pregnant mother, it seems justified to present the metabolic and endocrine studies performed on such a baby born in our hospital.Report of Case 
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