title: Polycystic ovarian disease and congenital and late-onset adrenal hyperplasia.
abstract: This article surveys the congenital and late-onset forms of the common steroidogenic enzyme defects of the adrenal cortex--steroid 21-hydroxylase, steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase, and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiencies--in connection with the occurrence of polycystic ovarian disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: New
mesh_terms: D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D000302:Adrenal Cortex / Q000201:enzymology*; D000312:Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology; D000308:Adrenocortical Hyperfunction / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology; D000728:Androgens / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D011085:Polycystic Ovary Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000201:enzymology; D013252:Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics; D013255:Steroid 21-Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D015096:3-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases; C031954:delta(5)-3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; D013255:Steroid 21-Hydroxylase; D013252:Steroid 11-beta-Hydroxylase