title: Pregnancy outcome after oocyte donation in patients with Turner's syndrome: Clinical experience and management.
abstract: Turner's syndrome (TS) is a chromosomal defect with partial or total absence of the X chromosome. Our objective is to report our experience in Greece with patients suffering from TS and trying to conceive; therefore, we present four patients with TS, who underwent In vitro fertilization (ICSI) with donor oocytes in order to get pregnant. Three out of four patients managed to conceive and bring pregnancy to completion. It was shown that patients diagnosed in childhood or adolescence with TS have the possibility to undergo hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and thus, secondary sexual characteristics as well as uterus of almost normal size can develop. Assisted reproduction techniques (ART), predominantly with donated oocytes, could give these patients the possibility to have children.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Pediatric - Adolescent Gynaecology and Reconstructive Surgery, 2nd Department of Ob/Gyn , University of Athens Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital , Athens , Greece and.
authors.forename: Efthimios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Deligeoroglou
authors.affiliation: a Division of Pediatric - Adolescent Gynaecology and Reconstructive Surgery, 2nd Department of Ob/Gyn , University of Athens Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital , Athens , Greece and.
authors.forename: Evgenia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stergioti
authors.affiliation: a Division of Pediatric - Adolescent Gynaecology and Reconstructive Surgery, 2nd Department of Ob/Gyn , University of Athens Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital , Athens , Greece and.
authors.forename: Konstantinos D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Dimopoulos
authors.affiliation: a Division of Pediatric - Adolescent Gynaecology and Reconstructive Surgery, 2nd Department of Ob/Gyn , University of Athens Medical School, Aretaieion Hospital , Athens , Greece and.
authors.forename: Vassileios
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karountzos
authors.affiliation: b IAKENTRO, Advanced Medical Center , Thessaloniki , Greece.
authors.forename: Yannis
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Prapas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005307:Fertilization in Vitro / Q000379:methods*; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D007247:Infertility, Female / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications*
keywords: Oocyte donation; Turner syndrome; pregnancy