Turner's Syndrome

“Turner Syndrome”

Origin of Discovery
Can you imagine what it would be like to have Turner’s Syndrome what that is, is a chromosomal condition that affects the development in most females, a common feature in Turner’s Syndrome is a girls or womens natural Stature (height) and it becomes most obvious to girls around age 5, another common effect is an early loss of ovarian function (ovarian hypofunction or premature ovarian failure), Turner Syndrome was founded in 1938 by Dr. Henry Turner and chromosomal differences were not found until 1960 Symptoms to Turner Syndrome A girl’s ovaries develop normally at first but the egg cells usually die prematurely and bits of the ovarian tissue degenerates before birth and how Turner …show more content…
Turner Syndrome affects girls and women differently, in women the physical effects are ¨ no growth spurts at expected times in her childhood, for most women with Turner Syndrome they might have an inability to conceive a child without fertility treatments ,and high narrow roof of the mouth or palate, and slightly smaller average height at