2008
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27302008000500007
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O hormônio de crescimento na síndrome de Turner: dados e reflexões

Abstract: A baixa estatura é a principal característica na síndrome de Turner (ST). O agravo estatural na ST é precoce e torna-se mais evidente na puberdade. A haploinsuficiência do gene SHOX tem sido implicada como principal fator na definição da estatura de mulheres, no entanto, ainda que a maioria das pacientes não tenha deficiência do hormônio de crescimento, a terapia com GHr melhora a altura final. Recentemente, tem-se chamado a atenção para a associação entre GH e câncer. O risco de câncer nessas pacientes está a… Show more

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“…Patients who receive treatment early exhibit better results in terms of final height. [14][15][16][17] In this case, the patient began hormonal replacement therapy at around the age of ten years. Although it was started late, this treatment achieved a significant improvement in the patient's skeletal growth.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Patients who receive treatment early exhibit better results in terms of final height. [14][15][16][17] In this case, the patient began hormonal replacement therapy at around the age of ten years. Although it was started late, this treatment achieved a significant improvement in the patient's skeletal growth.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…Loss of one copy of this gene reduces the amount of SHOX protein that is produced. A shortage of this protein likely contributes to the short stature and skeletal abnormalities [9] often seen in females with Turner syndrome [10]. …”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most women with TS inherit just one copy of the SHOX gene. This state of haploinsufficiency seems to be substantially responsible for the height deficit in these patients (Guedes et al, 2008). Nevertheless, the haploinsufficiency of the SHOX gene does not explain all the anomalies in TS which are absent in isolated SHOX deficiency, suggesting that other genes take part in this process (Oliveira and Alves, 2011).…”
Section: Staturementioning
confidence: 93%