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Turner’s syndrome: Diagnosis and
management with limited resourcesOgbera AO1, Onyekwere C2, Chinenyes S3
SUMMARY
Turner Syndrome or Bonnevie-Ulrich syndrome is a syndrome of gonadal dysgenesis characterized by sexual infantilism, short stature and somatic anomalies. These case reports are meant not only to describe the clinical features of Turners syndrome but also illustrate the challenges faced in the bid to diagnose this medical condition with the available limited diagnostic tools.
KEY WORDS: Turner’s Syndrome, Sexual Infantilism, Karyotype.
Pak J Med Sci July - September 2008 Vol. 24 No. 4 604-608
How to cite this article:
Ogbera AO, Onyekwere C, Chinenyes S. Turner’s syndrome: diagnosis and management with limited resources. Pak J Med Sci 2008;24(4):604-8.
1. Ogbera AO,
Department of Medicine,
2. Onyekwere C,
Department of Medicine,
1,2: Lagos State University Teaching Hospital,
Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
3. Chinenyes S,
Department of Medicine,
University of Port-Harcourt Teaching Hospital,
Post-Harcourt, Nigeria.
Correspondence
Ogbera AO,
E-mail: oogbera@yahoo.co.uk
ifymobi@yahoo.com
* Received for Publication: October 8, 2007
* Revision Received: July 1, 2008
* Revision Accepted: July 11, 2008
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