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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2014 Apr;4(2):739–769. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c130035

Table 6.

Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia

Disorder Affected gene and chromosome Signs and symptoms
21-Hydroxylase deficiency (classic) CYP21 Glucocorticoid deficiency
6p21.3 Mineralocorticoid deficiency (salt-wasting)
Adrenal androgen excess (Ambiguous genitalia in females; Postnatal virilization in males)
11-Beta-hydroxylase deficiency CYP11B1 Hypertension
8q24.3 Glucocorticoid deficiency
Mineralocorticoid deficiency (salt-wasting)
Adrenal androgen excess (ambiguous genitalia in females; Postnatal virilization in males and females)
3-Beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiency (classic) HSD3B2 Adrenal androgen excess (ambiguous genitalia)
1p13.1 Disordered puberty (precocious adrenarche)
Cortisol deficiency (with adequate corticosterone)
17-Alpha-hydroxylase CYP17 Ambiguous genitalia in males
17–20 Lyase deficiency 10q24.3 Sexual infantilism
Hypertension
Cortisol deficiency

Adapted from (11,134).