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ADRENOGENITAL SYNDROME AND CYSTIC FIBROSIS
Author(s) -
NIELSEN OLE HAAGEN,
HAAHR JØRGEN
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1982.tb09429.x
Subject(s) - adrenogenital syndrome , medicine , cystic fibrosis , pediatrics , inheritance (genetic algorithm) , disease , incidence (geometry) , pathology , genetics , gene , biology , physics , optics
. A case of adrenogenital syndrome (21‐hydroxylase deficiency) co‐existing with cystic fibrosis is described. The available literature yields only one patient with a similar disease combination, although the authors do not expressly state the type of the adrenogenital syndrome (1). Both diseases have autosomal recessive inheritance. As the estimated incidence of co‐existence of the two diseases is one per 4.5 × 10 7 newborns, the possibility is discussed of the two cases being caused by the same genetic defect.