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Optimising management in Turner syndrome: from infancy to adult transfer

Year: 2006

Type: article

Abstract: Turner syndrome can be defined as loss or abnormality of the second X chromosome in at least one cell line in a phenotypic female. The condition occurs in approximately 1 in every 2000 live female births,(1) so that in the UK the prevalence for any year of life is in the region of 200 girls. The condition is much more common in utero, it being estimated that 1-2% of all conceptuses are affected, of whom only 1% will survive to term.

Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood

DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.035907

Author: M D C Donaldson

Institutions: Royal Hospital for Children, University of Glasgow

Language: English

Topic: Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Hospital for Sick Children