title: [Clinical implications for fertility and pregnancy in Turner syndrome].
abstract: Turner syndrome patients have high risk of severe obstetrical complications and even of death during pregnancy. A medical team including cardiologists, genetists and maternal-fetal medicine specialists should perform a preconception and prenatal assessment in case pregnancy is contemplated. The main clinical implications for fertility and pregnancy in Turner Syndrome are reviewed and recommendations for management and follow-up of these patients are given.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Unidad Médica de Alta Especialidad, Hospital de Gineco Obstetricia núm. 4 Dr. Luis Castelazo Ayala, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, México, DF. astridkaryme2001@yahoo.com.mx
authors.forename: Eunice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: López Muñoz
authors.forename: Adelina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández Zarco
authors.forename: Alfonso
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hernández Peñafiel
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*