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The quality of life in adult female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A comprehensive study of the impact of genital malformations and chronic disease on female patients life

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CAH :

congenital adrenal hyperplasia

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Leiden University Hospital, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC, Leiden, The Netherlands

    H. J. van der Kamp

  2. Sophia Children's Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Dr. Molewaterplein 60, 3015 GJ, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    F. M. E. Slijper

  3. Department of Medical Psychology, Martinistrasse 40, D-20 251, Hamburg, Germany

    M. Bullinger

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van der Kamp, H.J., Slijper, F.M.E. & Bullinger, M. The quality of life in adult female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia: A comprehensive study of the impact of genital malformations and chronic disease on female patients life. Eur J Pediatr 155, 620–621 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01957920

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