LINEAR GROWTH, SULPHATION FACTOR ACTIVITY AND CHROMOSOME CONSTITUTION IN 22 SUBJECTS WITH TURNER'S SYNDROME
- 1 February 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 42 (2) , 168-186
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0420168
Abstract
Linear growth, sulphation factor (SF) activity and chromosome constitution were studied in 22 subjects with Turner''s syndrome. Linear growth rate was retarded, and the final body height decreased. SF activity was decreased in one, normal in nine and increased in 12 patients, and the mean serum SF activity was increased in all age groups studied. Six different sex chromosome constituions were observed, three with mosaicism. No obvious relationships were found in our patients between linear growth rate and SF activity, on the one hand, and chromosome constituion on the other. It is tentatively suggested that the pituitary growth hormone in Turner''s syndrome does not stimulate growth in the usual manner.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- STUDIES ON SULFATION FACTOR (SF) ACTIVITY OF HUMAN SERUMActa Endocrinologica, 1961