ESPE Abstracts

Objective: The balance between hypocortisolism and hyperandrogenism in patients with classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) treated with lifelong glucocorticoid (GC) is challenging. Glucocorticoid receptors are widely expressed in the brain; therefore it has been hypothesized that alterations in the exposure to glucocorticoids may affect cognitive ability in individuals with CAH. Only few studies have addressed this issue in children and results are scan...