THE NEED AND JUSTIFICATION FOR NEONATAL SCREENING IN THE EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL DYSFUNCTION OF THE ADRENAL CORTEX
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (VDCN, adrenogenital syndrome AGS) is a group of diseases with autosomal recessive type of inheritance, which are based on a defect of one of the enzymes of steroidogenesis. AGS relatively common, manifested adrenal insufficiency, disorders of sex development or premature sexual development. Timely diagnosis and treatment allow the patient and his family a good quality of life and social adaptation. Since 2006 in Russia and Chelyabinsk region introduced neonatal screening for AGS.