The Maya community, the cah, was the means by which indigenous cultural integrity was maintained. |
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The salt-losing type of CAH presents with adrenal crisis a few weeks after birth, while the simple type manifests virilisation and rapid growth years later. |
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The goal of therapy in CAH is to replace the missing glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids, thereby suppressing ACTH concentrations and normalizing adrenal androgens. |
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