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Turner syndrome and clinical treatment.
BACKGROUND Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic disorder associated with abnormalities of the X chromosome, occurring in about 50 per 100,000 liveborn girls. TS is usually associated with reduced adult height, gonadal dysgenesis and thus insufficient circulating levels of female sex steroids leading to premature ovarian failure and infertility. The average intellectual performance is within the no...
متن کاملOptimizing estrogen replacement treatment in Turner syndrome.
Estrogen has a biphasic effect on growth, stimulatory at low doses but inhibitory at higher doses. Therefore, designing optimal sex hormone replacement treatment in girls with Turner syndrome (TS) who are being treated with growth hormone (GH) involves considering the dose and form of the estrogen as well as the route and timing of its administration. We report here a preliminary analysis of a ...
متن کاملTurner syndrome.
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...
متن کاملTurner syndrome
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...
متن کاملTurner syndrome
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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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Medical Bulletin
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0007-1420,1471-8391
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldn015