Myoclonia Hereditaria Musculi Mentalis

The Frequency of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients With Turner's Syndrome and Pure Gonadal Dysgenesis

“…This early hyper-response of plasma growth hormone to an oral glucose load is similar to the plasma growth hormone pattern found in patients with classic juvenile diabetes under the same conditions (Yde 1969), even though the patients with Turner's syndrome showed no resemblance to the juvenile dia¬ betics either with regard to the plasma insulin response or as far as diabetic symptoms were concerned. This early hyper-response of plasma growth hormone to an oral glucose load is similar to the plasma growth hormone pattern found in patients with classic juvenile diabetes under the same conditions (Yde 1969), even though the patients with Turner's syndrome showed no resemblance to the juvenile dia¬ betics either with regard to the plasma insulin response or as far as diabetic symptoms were concerned.…”

“…The early hyper-response of plasma growth hormone to an oral glucose load in patients with Turner's syndrome found in the present study, might be one of the pathogenetic factors in the development of diabetes in these patients, as discussed for patients with classic juvenile diabetes by Yde (1969).…”