4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase deficiency

A classic form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia that is characterized by severe 21-hydroxylase deficiency, resulting in glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid deficiency, without clinically significant salt wasting, and androgen excess, which causes virilization in female infants.

Disease Alternative Name

21-hydroxylase deficiency
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