Cassandra is an 8-year-old girl who behaves like a boy. She likes playing with cars and action figures rather than with dolls. She also prefers to dress like a boy and often throws a fit when asked to wear a skirt. Cassandra also has good spatial skills. Her prenatal medical reports suggest that she had high levels of androgens even before birth. Cassandra is most likely to have:

A. Klinefelter syndrome.
B. congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
C. phenylketonuria.
D. Tay-Sachs disease.


Answer: B

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