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Most common cause of ambigious genitalia in a female child is:

A
Placenta steroid sulfatase deficiency
B
Fetal aromatase deficiency
C
Wnt4 mutation
D
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
High-Yield Explanation
“CAH due to 21 hydroxylase deficiency is the most frequent cause of sexual ambiguity and the M/C endocrine cause of neonatal death.” Ambiguity of sex at birth—"Cases of ambiguity of sex detected at birth are due to adrenogenital syndrome unless proved otherwise".

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