Mondo Description Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 11 beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1) deficiency is a rare form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) characterized by glucocorticoid deficiency, hyperandrogenism, hypertension and virilization in females.

Uniprot Description A form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia, a common recessive disease due to defective synthesis of cortisol. Congenital adrenal hyperplasia is characterized by androgen excess leading to ambiguous genitalia in affected females, rapid somatic growth during childhood in both sexes with premature closure of the epiphyses and short adult stature. Four clinical types: 'salt wasting' (SW, the most severe type), 'simple virilizing' (SV, less severely affected patients), with normal aldosterone biosynthesis, 'non-classic form' or late-onset (NC or LOAH) and 'cryptic' (asymptomatic).