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    Dysgenesis Gonadal Dysgenesis, also known as turner syndrome, is a rare medical disorder that affects 1 in every 2,500 girls (kidshealth). It is a chromosomal that occurs when one of the two X chromosomes found in females are missing or is incomplete. This condition only affects females. Although researches don’t know exactly what cause turner syndrome, they do know that it’s a problem with a female chromosome. Females who are born with Tuner Syndrome are short in height and effects their sexual

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    Turner’s syndrome is a condition that effects 1 in 2,500 newborn girls (Bondy, C.A. 2009). There are many names for this condition including 45 X, TS, Ullrich-Turner syndrome, and Turner syndrome. While females usually have two X chromosomes, these girls are born with only one X chromosome or the second X is altered. While some of the babies make it through full term, some who have this condition are prone to unexpectedly aborting. Diagnosis of the missing or altered chromosome could happen during

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    Turner Syndrome Analysis

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    Introduction: Turner syndrome is developed when there is a missing or incomplete X chromosome. This condition can only occur in females. The female patients that suffer from Turner syndrome either has only one X chromosome, but one of them appears to be incomplete. Turner syndrome occurs in one out of twenty-five hundred births (Science Daily, 2004). • Physical: Female patients with the disorder are generally shorter than one who does not have the disorder. They also have a stocky build, arms that

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    called sex chromosomes, X and Y. Females have two X chromosomes. Males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Turner syndrome is a kind of chromsomal genetic disease, which occurs in sex chromosome. Turner syndrome patients are absent of all or part of the second X chromosome. “It was firstly discovered by Dr. Henry Turner and named after his name” (Kelly, 2013, p. 818). Turner Syndrome is the second most common genetic disease. The incidence is about about 1 in 2,500 newborn girls worldwide.The

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    Turner syndrome (TS) is a disability that only affects females. The condition occurs when a female has one x chromosome instead of the usual two chromosomes. Most sufferers of Turner syndrome grow to be shorter than most children on their age group and most only have life expectancy of up to 50 years while some tragically pass away as young as 13 years old.. Although plenty of information on Turner syndrome in known, researchers and scientists are still trying to figure out exactly which genes in

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    INTRODUCTION Turner syndrome is a common chromosomal abnormality, occurring in approximately 1 in 2000 live-born female infants. it results when an X chromosome is missing or partially missing. Turner syndrome can cause medico-developmental problems, including short stature, failure to start puberty, infertility, heart defects, thyroid problems, certain learning disabilities and social adjustment problems. About 10-30% of cases develop hypothyroidism. This is often associated with thyroid enlargement

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    get diagnosed with the turner syndrome, The turner syndrome can really affect how girls live in there normally daily lives. The turner syndrome can only be effected by girls, one of the main symptoms is that the girl who has it tends to be shorter..Boys are not able to get the turner syndrome (only girls). Doctors don’t know exactly what the turner syndrome is they just know that it has to do with a girls chromosomes. Most girls with turner syndrome are

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    Turner Syndrome

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    Turner Syndrome is a sex chromosome disease caused by complete or partial monosomy which effects on average 1 in 2500 females (Porth, 2005). Doctor Henry Turner, an endocrinologist, discovered Turner Syndrome in 1938 (Hayden, 2013). This disease is believed to be responsible for up to 10% of spontaneous miscarriages, and many Turner Syndrome pregnancies are electively aborted (Hayden, 2013). Turner Syndrome only affects females; however, this disease can affect all ethnicities. Patients who have

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    What Is Turner Syndrome

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    cause anything from Turner syndrome to Down syndrome to even death. For a person’s body to be missing a chromosome would be like a person trying to make a homemade cake from scratch while missing part of the recipe. For women with Turner syndrome, their missing chromosome affects everything from their height to whether or not they can conceive children when they are of age. Turner syndrome is caused by the partial or complete loss of one X chromosome in females. Turner syndrome can only happen

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    Turner Syndrome Disease

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    About 10% of all miscarriages have this disease to blame. Turner syndrome happens when a female’s X chromosome has both X’s in one cell, but not others (called Mosaic Turner Syndrome), or entirely missing (called Monosomy). It can also happen when instead of two X chromosomes, there’s one X and a small part of a Y chromosome. The girl will still develop as a female, however. All of these forms of Turner Syndrome can result in physical problems like heart or kidney defects, a shorter than normal stature

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