[en] Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is a recessive autosomal transmission endocrine pathology that exposes people who suffer from it to an abnormally high concentration of adrenal androgens during the prenatal and early postnatal periods. This disease induces female's virilism of variable degree. The case of a 29 year-old patient, who suffers from this affection and also presents a psychiatric disorder, raises questions about the possible consequences of an early exposure to androgens on the adult behaviour.
Disciplines :
Psychiatry
Author, co-author :
Tortolani, Isabelle ; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège - CHU > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Scantamburlo, Gabrielle ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
Ansseau, Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Psychiatrie et psychologie médicale
Legros, Jean-Jacques ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cliniques > Département des sciences cliniques
Language :
French
Title :
Exposition hormonale precoce et repercussions comportementales dans l'hyperplasie congenitale des surrenales: a propos d'un cas
Alternative titles :
[en] Early Hormonal Exposure and Behavior Effects in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia: A Case Report
Publication date :
October 2003
Journal title :
Revue Médicale de Liège
ISSN :
0370-629X
eISSN :
2566-1566
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Revue Médicale de Liège, Liège, Belgium
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