Turner's Syndrome
Studies from Federal University Reveal New Findings on Turner's Syndrome
Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 15th, 2011
2011 DEC 15 -- "This study analyzes the body composition of young adult women with Turner syndrome (TS) either treated or not treated with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) and compares them with a group of healthy women. Fifty-two non-treated TS patients (23.0 +/- A 5.8 years), 30 treated with rhGH (21.5 +/- A 1.5 years), and 133 healthy young adult women (22.9 +/- A 3.2 years) were evaluated regarding height (H) and weight, body mass index (BMI), brachial perimeter and tricipital cutaneous fold (fat and lean areas at the arm), sitting height (SRH = sitting height/H x 100), leg length (leg/H), waist and hip circumferences (waist/hip), and bioimpedance (percentages of...
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