6 GROWTH IN TURNER SYNDROME. (TS)
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Growth Hormone in Turner Syndrome
We studied the adult height (AH) outcome, and factors likely to influence it, in Turner Syndrome (TS) girls treated with growth hormone (GH). A total of 25 TS girls treated with GH were compared with 10 TS girls not treated with GH. The percentage of girls who achieved normal third percentile was determined. Projected AH (PAH) was calculated according to height standard deviation score (HSDS) a...
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A growth chart for girls with Turner syndrome has been prepared using data from four published series of European patients, and evaluated using retrospective data on the heights of girls with Turner syndrome seen at this hospital. The results indicate that calculation of height standard deviation score from this chart allows a reasonable prediction of adult stature in any patient with Turner sy...
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OBJECTIVE Children with Turner syndrome (TS) have a specific growth pattern that is quite different from that of healthy children. Many countries have population-specific growth charts for TS. Considering national and ethnic differences, we undertook this multicenter collaborative study to construct growth charts and reference values for height, weight and body mass index (BMI) from 3 years of ...
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Introduction Approximately 1 in 2,500 live female births is affected by Turner syndrome (TS), making it one of the more common genetic conditions encountered in pediatric practice. TS is caused by deletion of all (monosomy) or part (partial monosomy) of the second sex chromosome. Multiple body systems can be affected to varying degrees, presenting both diagnostic and management challenges for t...
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Turner's syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects only females. Turner syndrome is caused by a chromosomal abnormality in which all or part of one of the X chromosomes is missing or altered. While most people have 46 chromosomes, people with TS usually only have 45. This condition occurs in about 1 out in 2,500 female live births worldwide (but it is much more common among miscarriages and s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199411000-00030