P. Picco , L.R. Garibaldi , M. Di Rocco , E. Podesta , M. Faraci , P. Levratto , M. Gattorno , S. Pang
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The measurement of serum concentrations of Δ4- and Δ5-steroid hormones after intravenous adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation in a 4-month-old infant female pseudohermaphrodite, who had been exposed to danazol in the first 20 weeks of gestation, showed normal 17-hydroxyprogesterone and compound S (11-deoxycortisol) but elevated 17-hydroxypregnenolone. Thus, protracted postnatal inhibition of adrenal 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity may occur after in utero exposure to danazol.