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Should women with Turner syndrome be allowed to carry their own pregnancies?

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Should women with Turner syndrome be allowed to carry their own pregnancies?
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Should women with Turner syndrome be allowed to carry their own pregnancies?

Turner syndrome (TS) is one of the most common sex chromosomal disorders affecting 25 to 50 females out of 100,000 females (1). Most women with TS are infertile because of an accelerated depletion of ovarian follicles causing premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). Among all main characteristics of T…

Volume 112, Issue 2, Pages 220–225

Authors:

Viveca Söderström-Anttila, M.D., Anja Pinborg, M.D., Megan F. Karnis, M.D., Richard H. Reindollar, M.D., Richard J. Paulson, M.D., M.S.

Abstract:

PRO: Pregnancies in women with Turner syndrome should always be preceded by intensive screening

CON: Pregnancies in women with Turner syndrome: are we tempting fate?


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