21-hydroxylase deficiency primary prevention
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Overview
Prenatal diagnosis of 21-hydroxylase deficiency is conducted to prevent complication of the disease in future life and treated with prenatal dexamethasone treatment.
Primary prevention
- Prenatal diagnosis of 21-hydroxylase deficiency in those patients with positive family history, is conducted to prevent complication of the disease in future life and treated with prenatal dexamethasone treatment.
- The available tests are: Amniotic fluid testing and oligonucleotide hybridization of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) obtained from chorionic villus biopsies. Utilize fetal DNA extracted from maternal blood through noninvasive methods.[1]
References
- ↑ Kazmi D, Bailey J, Yau M, Abu-Amer W, Kumar A, Low M, Yuen T (2017). "New developments in prenatal diagnosis of congenital adrenal hyperplasia". J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol. 165 (Pt A): 121–123. doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2016.06.016. PMID 27378492.