Turner syndrome presented with tall stature due to overdosage of the gene

• Main Authors: Go Hun Seo (Author), Eungu Kang (Author), Ja Hyang Cho (Author), Beom Hee Lee (Author), Jin-Ho Choi (Author), Gu-Hwan Kim (Author), Eul-Ju Seo (Author), Han-Wook Yoo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Korean Society of Pediatric Endocrinology, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Turner syndrome is one of the most common chromosomal disorders. It is caused by numerical or structural abnormalities of the X chromosome and results in short stature and gonadal dysgenesis. The short stature arises from haploinsufficiency of the SHOX gene, whereas overdosage contributes to tall st...