Polycystic ovarian disease and congenital and late-onset adrenal hyperplasia

This article surveys the congenital and late-onset forms of the common steroidogenic enzyme defects of the adrenal cortex--steroid 21-hydroxylase, steroid 11 beta-hydroxylase, and 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase deficiencies--in connection with the occurrence of polycystic ovarian disease.