Turner Syndrome - PediaCast 542

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🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Dr Jennifer Ladd and Dr Chelsea Kebodeaux visit the studio as we consider Turner Syndrome. We explore the cause, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, management and complications of this common genetic condition. We hope you can join us!

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0:00.0	This is Pedicast.
0:20.7	Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.
0:24.9	And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.
0:30.3	Hello, everyone, and welcome.
0:32.5	Once again to Pediacast.
0:34.2	It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.
0:37.6	This is Dr. Mike, coming to you from the campus of Nationwide Children's Hospital.
0:42.9	We're in Columbus, Ohio.
0:44.8	It's episode 542 for August 15th, 2020.
0:49.8	We're calling this one Turner Syndrome.
0:52.6	I want to welcome all of you to the program.
0:55.0	So this week we are covering a genetic condition known as Turner Syndrome.
1:00.2	And it's a condition that is fairly common compared to other conditions we cover on Pediacast,
1:06.1	affecting about one in every 2,500 girls in the United States. And yes, I said girls because Turner's
1:15.6	syndrome overwhelmingly affects females compared to males. And it's caused by a missing or partially
1:24.5	missing X chromosome, which is one of two sex chromosomes our body has in every cell.
1:31.3	Now, fortunately, girls have two copies of the X chromosome, one from mom and one from dad.
1:37.8	So if one of them is missing or partially missing, they still have a working X chromosome.
1:46.9	Boys, on the other hand, only have one X chromosome.
1:50.8	So if that one X chromosome is missing or partially missing,
1:57.0	then there is no backup, which is not compatible with life.
2:02.9	Now, despite having one fully functioning X chromosome,
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