Clinical_Rounds_in_Endocrinology_Volume_II_-_Pediatric_Endocrinology

264 decline in growth during intrauterine period, childhood phase, and peripubertal period. Seventy percent of height deficit oc ...

265 with Turner syndrome have 45XO karyotype, whereas mosaic forms (45XO/46XX) contribute approximately to 25 % of cases, and th ...

266 Do all women with a karyotype 45, XO qualify for a diagnosis of Turner syndrome? The diagnosis of Turner syndrome requires ...

267 What are the manifestations of SHOX insufficiency? Two copies of SHOX gene are normally expressed in males as well as in f ...

268 What is Madelung deformity? Madelung deformity is characterized by shortening and bowing of the radius with dorsal subluxa ...

269 What are SHOX insufficiency-related disorders? SHOX insufficiency-related disorders include Turner syndrome, Leri–Weil dys ...

270 Why do patients with TS have phenotypic abnormalities despite the fact that only one X chromosome is active in a normal fem ...

271 What is isochromosome? Isochromosome is a structurally abnormal chromosome resulting from loss of one arm of a chromosome ...

272 What is marker chromosome? Marker chromosome is a small segment of supernumerary chromosome, whose origin cannot be determ ...

273 webbed neck. Other manifestations of lymphatic aplasia/hypoplasia include lymphedema, low posterior hairline, low-set ears, ...

274 Why are cardiac anomalies more common in patients of TS with webbed neck? The cause for association between cardiovascular ...

275 What are the ECG abnormalities present in patients with TS? The most common ECG abnormality present in patients with TS is ...

276 When to perform cardiac imaging in patients with TS? Baseline electrocardiogram, echocardiography, and cardiac MRI are rec ...

277 What are the causes of short stature in patients with Turner syndrome? Approximately two-third of the height deficit in pa ...

278 Which growth chart should be used for monitoring linear growth in children with TS? The height of a girl with TS should be ...

279 What are the learning disabilities which are present in patients with Turner syndrome? Patients with TS have preserved int ...

280 of pubarche in children with TS who have ovarian failure. In addition, estrogen acts in concert with androgens at pilosebace ...

281 What are the differences in patients with classical and mosaic Turner syndrome? The differences in patients with classical ...

282 Whom to screen for TS? Turner syndrome should be suspected in any girl with short stature or delayed puberty or having cha ...

283 A patient having TS presented with clitoromegaly. How to proceed further? The presence of virilization in a patient with T ...