Tomohiro Ishii, Kenichi Kashimada, Naoko Amano, Kei Takasawa, Akari Nakamura-Utsunomiya, Shuichi Yatsuga, Tokuo Mukai, Shinobu Ida, Mitsuhisa Isobe, Masaru Fukushi, Hiroyuki Satoh, Kaoru Yoshino, Michio Otsuki, Takuyuki Katabami, Toshihiro Tajima
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a category of disorders characterized by impaired adrenocortical steroidogenesis. The most frequent disorder of congenital adrenal hyperplasia is 21-hydroxylase deficiency, which is caused by pathogenic variants of CAY21A2 and is prevalent between 1 in 18,000 and 20,000 in Japan. The clinical guidelines for 21-hydroxylase deficiency in Japan have been revised twice since a diagnostic handbook in Japan was published in 1989. On behalf of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology, the Japanese Society for Mass Screening, the Japanese Society for Urology, and the Japan Endocrine Society, the working committee updated the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of 21-hydroxylase deficiency published in 2014, based on recent evidence and knowledge related to this disorder...
2022: Clinical Pediatric Endocrinology: Case Reports and Clinical Investigations: Official Journal of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Endocrinology