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Pharmacotherapies for CAH target different levels of the HPA axis. The hypothalamus controls ACTH release from the pituitary through CRF, and ACTH in turn stimulates cortisol release from the adrenal that feeds back at the hypothalamus and pituitary in a classic endocrine feedback loop.
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