Ali El Mahdi Haddam¹ , Djamila Meskine¹ , Farida Chentli² , Nora Soumeya Fedala²

1. Department of endocrinology bologhine hospital 16000
2. Department of endocrinology Bab el oued hospital
Author    Correspondence author
International Journal of Clinical Case Reports, 2015, Vol. 5, No. 20   doi: 10.5376/ijccr.2015.05.0020
Received: 18 Mar., 2015    Accepted: 03 May, 2015    Published: 22 May, 2015

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Haddam et al., 2015, The Final Height of Turner’s Patients in Algeria, International Journal of Clinical Case Reports, Vol.5, No.20 1-4 (doi: 10.5376/ijccr.2015.05.0020)

Summary Turner syndrome is the most common chromosomal abnormality in women. It is linked to the absence or abnormality of one of the two X chromosomes and characterized by short stature, gonadal dysgenesis, and a variety of dysmorphic traits and associated anomalies. . We report the results on final height in 30 patients who have reached adulthood and who have been since their diagnosis. All patients received treatment with biosynthetic growth hormone. Mean ± SD (range) age at diagnosis was 9 ± 0.19(4- 17) years. Height at diagnosis was -4.0 ± 0,1 SD below the population mean (M) and -3DS below the parental Target Height (TH). Final height was -3, 5 ± SD and -2.5 SD below M and TH respectively.

Growth failure; Short stature; Turner syndrome; Growth hormone; Karyotype