Altered fetal growth and development in a patient with Turner's syndrome.
Fertility in cases of Turner's syndrome is rare. In cases where conception does occur, spontaneous abortion and structural and chromosomal defects commonly are discovered. A review of the literature and a case report are presented in which pregnancy was complicated by severe intrauterine growth retardation and musculoskeletal deformities of the fetus.
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009030:Mosaicism; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000235:genetics