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Yes, most women with Turner syndrome are infertile. There are two types of Turner syndrome and people with the Mosaic form of it (that is, only some of their cells are affected) are sometimes (rarely) able to have children naturally if they have gone through puberty spontaneously.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoYes, most women with Turner syndrome are infertile. Rarely, a woman with Mosaic Turner syndrome who has gone through puberty spontaneously can have a child naturally.
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Who carries the Turners Syndrome Does it come from the female or male?
This is not a good question. The Turners Syndrome only occurs in women, and it is not inherited, because these women cannot have their own children. No causes have been discovered yet.
Why do girls with turner syndrome have difficulty with math?
All you ever needed to know about Turners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Syndrome
Why does an individual with Turners syndrome often NOT get diagnosed till adolescence?
Sometimes the person does not have obvious characteristics of Turner syndrome, so they do not get diagnosed as a child. When they become adolescent and do not go through puberty that is what leads the doctor to test the person for Turner syndrome.
How does turner syndrome affect someone's life?
Turner's Syndrome only occurs in females. Symptoms of a girl with Turner syndrome include:short staturewebbed skin of the neckabnormal eye features (drooping eyelids)abnormal bone development, such as a "shield-shaped," broad flat chestabsent or retarded development of secondary sexual characteristics that normally appear at puberty, including sparse pubic hair and small breastscoarctation (narrowing) of the aortabicuspid aortic valveinfertilitydry eyesabsence of menstruation
What genes or chromosomes is the muitation that causes turners syndrome?
Turner syndrome is the result of one of the two X chromosomes being missing or damaged in some or all cells. These chromosomes are the sex chromosomes, which determine whether a person will be male or female. As people with Turners only have an X chromosome and no Y chromosome they are born female.
Who carries the Turners Syndrome Does it come from the female or male?
This is not a good question. The Turners Syndrome only occurs in women, and it is not inherited, because these women cannot have their own children. No causes have been discovered yet.
What is turners disease not turners syndrome that can affect males?
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Is turner syndrome inheritable or random?
it is not inherited because a women with turners sydrome cannot have children so that means that its not inherited
Turners syndrome is what type of disorder?
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal disorder.
When does turners syndrome present itself?
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Are people with Down syndrome sterile?
50% of females with Down syndrome are able to conceive children, while males with Down syndrome are usually sterile.
Can animals get klinefelters or turners syndrome as humans do?
Yes animals do sometimes have Turner's syndrome or Klinefelter's syndrome with similar characteristics as those observed in humans.
Why does turners syndrome affect so little?
not a very bad (effective) symptom
Are there treatments for olders girls with turners syndrome?
If a person is diagnosed in adolescence, depending on their age the doctor does a bone age x-ray to determine whether growth hormone is worth considering. The treatment for all adolescents and women with Turner syndrome is hormone replacement therapy.
Can a person with Down syndrome have normal kids?
That depends. Men with Down syndrome have been shown to be sterile, while women with Down syndrome are capable of carrying a child, with 50% likelihood that the child will be born with Down syndrome.
Does turner syndrome have mental effect?
As a 19yr old female with Turner's Syndrome (diagnosed at 8yrs old), have never had any problems in school. There is usually no mental effect, however girls with turners may have problems with spatial problems and possibly math. However, I am in my second year of university, and have received an A in Linear Algebra, and have never had special treatment due to turners syndrome.
Why do girls with turner syndrome have difficulty with math?
All you ever needed to know about Turners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Syndrome
