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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)

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CAH is the most frequent cause of DSD in the newborn.

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Al-Salem, A.H. (2020). Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH). In: Pediatric Gynecology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49984-6_20

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