Pregnancies at a late reproductive age in a patient with Turner's syndrome: case report and review of the literature.
Women with Turner's syndrome are usually sterile. It is unusual for women with Turner's syndrome to give birth after the age of 34 and those who proceed with pregnancy are at a higher risk of having spontaneous miscarriage and chromosomally malformed children necessitating genetic counselling.
Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Southmead Hospital, Bristol, UK. amkulkarni@hotmail.com
Aparna
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Kulkarni
Peter
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Wardle
D000026:Abortion, Habitual / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics