Table of Contents

SUMMARY

INTRODUCTION

ADRENAL STEROIDOGENESIS AND REGULATION

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY

Steroids in 21-hydroxylase deficiency

CLASSICAL CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA

Simple virilizing congenital adrenal hyperplasia

Salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia

NONCLASSICAL CONGENITAL ADRENAL HYPERPLASIA

EPIDEMIOLOGY

GENETICS

TREATMENT

PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CAH

CONCLUSION

Acknowledgment

References