Successful Live Birth in a Woman With 17α-Hydroxylase Deficiency Through IVF Frozen-Thawed Embryo Transfer
Author(s) -
P.H.M. Bianchi,
Gabriela Romanenghi Fanti Carvalho Gouveia,
Elaine Maria Frade Costa,
Sorahia Domenice,
Regina Matsunaga Martin,
Luciane Bizari Coin de Carvalho,
Tatiana Souza Pelaes,
Marlene Inácio,
Rodrigo Rocha Codarin,
Maria Beatriz Sator de Faria,
Rossana Pulcineli Vieira Francisco,
Edmund Chada Baracat,
P. Serafini,
Berenice B. Mendonça
Publication year - 2015
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.2015-3201
Subject(s) - embryo transfer , infertility , congenital adrenal hyperplasia , medicine , pregnancy , in vitro fertilisation , fetus , endocrinology , andrology , obstetrics , gynecology , biology , genetics
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 17α-hydroxylase deficiency in 46,XX patients is characterized by primary amenorrhea, absent or incomplete sexual maturation, infertility, low serum levels of estradiol, and elevated progesterone (P). There were no previous reports of singleton live births from such women.
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