Social Functioning of Women with Turner Syndrome

The cohort effect in studies related to differences in psychosocial functioning of women with Turner syndrome.

INTRODUCTION The physical health deficits and psychological disorders of women with Turner syndrome (TS) are the deciding factors in their treatment, but also their own relation to their own and their family's experiences. This study aimed to find the differences in psychosocial functioning of TS women coming from two different generations. These differences show the cohort effect as change in ...

Sexual Functioning among Married Iranian Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome

Social functioning among girls with fragile X or Turner syndrome and their sisters.

Social behaviors among two genetically homogeneous groups--girls with fragile X (fraX) or Turner syndrome (TS)--were examined to address the role of family environment versus biological determinants of social dysfunction in girls with these disorders. Using a sibling pair design, girls with fraX or TS were compared with their own sisters on measures of IQ and social functioning. The 8 girls wit...

Care of girls and women with Turner syndrome: a guideline of the Turner Syndrome Study Group.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this work is to provide updated guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of girls and women with Turner syndrome (TS). PARTICIPANTS The Turner Syndrome Consensus Study Group is a multidisciplinary panel of experts with relevant clinical and research experience with TS that met in Bethesda, Maryland, April 2006. The meeting was supported by the National Institute...

Current and lifetime psychiatric illness in women with Turner syndrome.

Abnormalities in quality of life and cognitive measures have been observed in women with Turner syndrome (TS), and a relationship between these phenomena and chromosomal constitution has been suggested. In contrast, few studies have systematically evaluated the presence of mood and behavioral syndromes in these women. In this study, 100 TS women were administered the Structured Clinical Intervi...