title: Reproductive ability of an adult female with Silver-Russell syndrome.
abstract: An adult female with typical features of Silver-Russell dwarfism gave birth to a viable infant. Despite the abnormalities in sexual development that may be associated with the Silver-Russell syndrome, fertility is not necessarily impaired, at least in females. The growth and development of children with the Silver-Russell syndrome have been studied (Silver, 1964; Tanner et al., 1975). There is, however, virtually no information available about adult patients with this syndrome. It is known that both male and female Silver-Russell dwarfs develop secondary sexual characteristics (Rimoin, 1969; McDowell and Sproles, 1973) but fertility of these patients has not been described previously.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003878:Dermatoglyphics; D004392:Dwarfism / Q000150:complications / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006062:Gonadotropins / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D014927:Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D006062:Gonadotropins