Turner's syndrome

Introduction: Turner's syndrome

Description of Turner's syndrome

Turner's syndrome (medical condition): Rare chromosomal genetic syndrome with one X chromosome and no second sex chromosome (X or Y). People are female as there is no male Y chromosome. The effects are often relatively minor, although sterility is possible. ...more

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Turner's syndrome: A syndrome in which the affected patients have only 45 chromosomes, the loss of one of the X chromosomes producing an XO chromosome constitution. The syndrome occurs in 1/2500 female births and nearly 99% of XO fetuses are aborted. Gonadal agenesis and short stature are the main features in the surviving infants. Associated anomalies may included webbed neck, cubitus valgus, shield chest, short stature, lymphedema, coarctation of the aorta, pigmented nevi, and various renal, skeletal, dermatologic, neoplastic, and autoimmune complications. Mental retardation is attributed to ring chromosome X. The phenotype varies and not all abnormalities occur in all patients.
Source: Diseases Database

Turner's syndrome: genetic disease that produces sterile females due to monosomy for X chromosome; the ovaries are rudimentary or missing; other abnormalities include short stature, webbed neck, and a broad chest with widely spaced nipples.
Source: CRISP

Turner's syndrome: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Turner's syndrome is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Turner's syndrome, or a subtype of Turner's syndrome, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Turner's syndrome as a Disease

Turner's syndrome: Another name for Turner Syndrome (or close medical condition association).
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Turner's syndrome: Related Diseases

Turner's syndrome: Turner's syndrome is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Sex chromosome conditions
• Intersex conditions
• X Chromosome Disorders

Symptoms of Turner's syndrome (Turner Syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Turner's syndrome incude:

• Reproductive organ development:
  • Normal external vaginal organs
  • Uterus and fallopian tubes are present
  • Lack of ovaries
  • Lack of testes

See full list of 57 symptoms of Turner's syndrome (Turner Syndrome)

Treatments for Turner's syndrome (Turner Syndrome)

Treatments for Turner's syndrome (Turner Syndrome) include:

• Hormone replacement therapy

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Treatment of Turner's syndrome: For more treatment information about Turner's syndrome, see treatment of Turner Syndrome (Turner's syndrome)

Terms associated with Turner's syndrome:

Terms Similar to Turner's syndrome:

• Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome
• Pterygolymphangiectasia syndrome
• XO syndrome

Source: Diseases Database

• TS (Turner syndrome)
• Turner syndrome
• Ullrich-Turner syndrome

Source - NIH

Broader terms for Turner's syndrome

• chromosome disorder
• syndrome

Source - CRISP

The term Turner's syndrome can be used for:

• gonadal dysgenesis
• monosomy X syndrome

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Turner's syndrome:

• sex linked trait

Source: CRISP

The description of Turner's syndrome may also be used for the following terms:

• XO syndrome

Source: CRISP

External links related to: Turner's syndrome

• Search Jablonski's Syndromes Database
• Turner syndrome
• eMedicine - Turner Syndrome : Article by Daniel Postellon, MD
• Morgagni-Turner-Albright syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• Bonnevie-Ullrich syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• Turner syndrome - Genetics Home Reference
• Recombinant growth hormone in children and adolescents with Turner syndrome (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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