Postmortem diagnosis of 21-hydroxylase deficiency congenital adrenal hyperplasia: medico-legal issues

J Biol Regul Homeost Agents. 2019;33(1):299-302.

Authors

B Defraia¹, R Piumelli², A M Buccoliero³, G Cannella¹, V Bugelli^{1

4}, R Grifoni¹, M Focardi¹, V Pinchi¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Forensic Medical Sciences, Department of Health Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
² Sleep Disordered Breathing and SIDS Center, Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy.
³ Department of Histopathology and Molecular Diagnosis, Pathology Unit, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Health Sciences (DiMeS), University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.

PMID: 30729770

No abstract available

Keywords: 21-hydroxylase deficiency; congenital adrenal hyperplasia; forensic autopsy; newborn screening.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / diagnosis*
Autopsy
Humans

Supplementary concepts

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency