Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6818759 | Psychoneuroendocrinology | 2015 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Girls and women with CAH have an increased risk of psychiatric disorders in general and substance use disorders in particular compared with unexposed females, with the highest risk among those with the most severe genotype. Prenatal androgen exposure and deficient endogenous cortisol and/or adrenaline production may provide explanations for these findings, but other factors related to CAH cannot be excluded.
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Authors
Hedvig Engberg, Agnieszka Butwicka, Anna Nordenström, Angelica Lindén Hirschberg, Henrik Falhammar, Paul Lichtenstein, Agneta Nordenskjöld, Louise Frisén, Mikael Landén,