Coexisting diseases modifying each other’s presentation - lack of growth failure in Turner syndrome due to the associated pituitary gigantism

Coexisting diseases modifying each other’s presentation - lack of growth failure in Turner syndrome due to the associated pituitary gigantism

Introduction. Turner syndrome presents with one of the most frequent chromosomal aberrations in female, typically presented with growth retardation, ovarian insufficiency, facial dysmorphism, and numerous other somatic stigmata. Gigantism is an extremely rare condition resulting from an...

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Main Authors: Dragović Tamara, Đuran Zorana, Jelić Svetlana, Marinković Dejan, Kiković Saša, Kuzmić-Janković Snežana, Hajduković Zoran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Military Health Department, Ministry of Defance, Serbia 2016-01-01
Series:Vojnosanitetski Pregled
Subjects:
turner syndrome
gigantism
pituitary neoplasms
adolescent
women
puberty
growth hormone
insulin like growth factor I
Online Access:http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2016/0042-84501600014D.pdf

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