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Testicular Adrenal Rest Tumors Develop Independently of Long-Term Disease Control: A Longitudinal Analysis of 50 Adult Men With Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia due to Classic 21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
Author(s) -
Nicole Reisch,
Marietta Rottenkolber,
Anais Greifenstein,
Nils Krone,
Heinrich Schmidt,
Martín Reincke,
HansPeter Schwarz,
Felix Beuschlein
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-3181
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , bone age , 21 hydroxylase , congenital adrenal hyperplasia , testosterone (patch) , body mass index , physiology
Testicular adrenal rest tumors (TARTs) and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism are the two most common causes for male infertility in classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency. Current hypotheses suggest the quality of disease control to be one of the main pathogenic factors for TART development.

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