Turner syndrome is one of the most common genetic disorders, affecting one in 2,000–2,500 live-born girls. In order to provide appropriate healthcare, a multi-disciplinary team of closely cooperating endocrinologists, gynaecologists, geneticists, cardiologists, otolaryngologists, fertility specialists, psychologists, nurse educators and social workers is needed.

Case A 10-year and 8-month-old girl presented with short stature (body weight 22 kg, body height 116 cm). On physical examination there were bilateral exophthalmus, enlargement of thyroid grade IA, widely spaced nipples, small finger nails. Laboratory findings showed elevated free thyroxin (FT4), decreased sensitive thyroid stimulating hormone (TSHs) and positive anti thyroglobuline. Ultrasonog...

background : turner syndrome (ts) is a sporadic disorder caused by the absence of all or some parts one x-chromosome with major developmental consequences such as short stature and ovarian failure etc. the minor manifestations of ts are cubitus valgus, micrognatism, high-arched palate, short and/or webbed neck, hypothyroidism, etc. different karyotype abnormalities may lead to different clinica...

Turner syndrome is well known to be associated with significant cardiovascular abnormalities. This paper studied the incidence of cardiovascular abnormalities in asymptomatic adolescent patients with Turner syndrome using multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) instead of echocardiography. Twenty subjects diagnosed with Turner syndrome who had no cardiac symptoms were included. Blood pressure ...

Turner syndrome is thought to result from the haploinsufficiency of genes on the sex chromosomes, but these genes have not been identified yet. We describe two males with deleted ring Y chromosomes, one (TS) with full Turner syndrome and one (DM) without. TS has short stature, skeletal anomalies, lymphogenic obstruction, cardiovascular abnormalities, and miscellaneous features including pigment...

The present study focuses on math and related skills among 32 girls with fragile X (n = 14) or Turner (n = 18) syndrome during late elementary school. Performance in each syndrome group was assessed relative to Full Scale IQ-matched comparison groups of girls from the general population (n = 32 and n = 89 for fragile X syndrome and Turner syndrome, respectively). Differences between girls with ...

A new poem by Black Agenda Report poet-in-residence, Raymond "Nat" Turner.

AIMS/BACKGROUND Females with Turner syndrome commonly exhibit ophthalmological abnormalities, although there is little information in the literature documenting findings specific to Turner syndrome mosaics. Ophthalmic findings are described in four patients with mosaic Turner syndrome. All had anterior chamber abnormalities and all four had karyotypic abnormalities with a 45, X cell line. The p...

Source and Description of Probe. PGM-9B is a 1,500-bp pig cDNA clone (Turner et al., 1995) that encodes a tandem repeat region of pig gastric mucin and has recently been shown to overlap clones that exhibit considerable (>60 to 80%) homology with the MUC5AC gene in the non-repeat regions (Turner et al., 1996).

Turner syndrome is among the more common but less familiar syndromes that include sensorineural hearing loss and middle ear disease. This article provides a review of the syndrome, an illustrative case, and a review of specific issues relevant to audiologic management of patients with Turner syndrome.