Prenatal dexamethasone use for the prevention of virilization in pregnancies at risk for classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia because of 21‐hydroxylase (CYP21A2) deficiency: a systematic review and meta‐analyses

@article{MercFernndezBalsells2010PrenatalDU,
  title={Prenatal dexamethasone use for the prevention of virilization in pregnancies at risk for classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia because of 21‐hydroxylase (CYP21A2) deficiency: a systematic review and meta‐analyses},
  author={M Merc{\`e} Fern{\'a}ndez-Balsells and Kalpana Muthusamy and Galina Smushkin and Julianna F. Lampropulos and Mohamed B. Elamin and Nisrin O. Abu Elnour and Khalid B. Elamin and Neera Agrwal and Juan Fernando Gallegos-Orozco and Melanie A. Lane and Patricia J. Erwin and Victor M. Montori and M. Hassan Murad},
  journal={Clinical Endocrinology},
  year={2010},
  volume={73}
}
Context  Prenatal treatment with dexamethasone to prevent virilization in pregnancies at risk for classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) remains controversial. 
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