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Secretaria da Saúde (São Paulo - Estado). Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto da USP (HCMRP) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
graduation at Medicina from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo (2004), doctorate at Clínica Médica from Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto - Universidade de São Paulo (2013) and doctorate at Endocrinologia from Centre Hospitalier de lUniversité de Montréal (2010). Has experience in Medicine, focusing on Medicine, acting on the following subjects: hiperplasia adrenal congênita. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by a decrease in cortisol secretion due to deficiency of one of the five enzymes involved in its synthesis. CAH due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is the most frequent of the adrenal enzymatic defects, accounting for 90-95% of cases. 21OHD is clinically classified into classic CAH, compris…
Primary aldosteronism (PA) is the most common cause of endocrine hypertension. PA has histological heterogeneity and clinical variability. Some patients with PA have increased excretion of cortisol and glucocorticoid metabolites. In a German cohort of PA,77.6% of the patients had a positive result for at least one of three screening tests for Cushing's syndrome. The coexistence of autonom…
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