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Turner's syndrome in Italy: familial characteristics, neonatal data, standards for birth weight and for height and weight from infancy to adulthood
Author(s) -
Bernasconi S,
Larizza D,
Benso L,
Volta C,
Vannelli S,
Milani S,
Aicardi Genova G,
Berardi Siena R,
Borrelli Roma P,
Boscherini Roma B,
Pasquino AM,
Buzi Brescia F,
Cacciari E,
Mazzanti Bologna L,
Cavallo Bari L,
Chiumello G,
Nizzoli Milano G,
Dammacco Bari F,
DeLuca Messina F,
DeMatteis L'Aquila F,
DeSanctis C,
Matarazzo Torino P,
DeSanctis Ferrara V,
DiMaio Napoli S,
Gabrielli Ancona O,
Giovannelli G,
Balestrazzi Parma P,
Klain Napoli U,
Morabito F,
Mazzilli Novara G,
Pintor Cagliari C,
Radetti Bolzano G,
Rigon F,
Licursi Padova A,
Saggese Pisa G,
Severi F,
Lamanna Pavia S,
Spada Cuneo A,
Stoppoloni Napoli GP,
Tato Verona L,
Trieste GTonini
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1994.tb18097.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , birth weight , turner syndrome , demography , incidence (geometry) , population , parity (physics) , pregnancy , genetics , physics , environmental health , particle physics , sociology , optics , biology
In 1990, the Italian Study Group for Turner's Syndrome (ISGTS) undertook a nationwide survey, involving the retrospective collection of cross‐sectional data and longitudinal growth profiles of 772 girls with Turner's syndrome born between 1950 and 1990. The study was carried out in 29 pediatric endocrinological centers. In this first report, the familial characteristics and neonatal data of Turner girls are described, compared to those of the general population, and related to postnatal somatic development. Furthermore, charts for birth weight and growth standards for height and weight from infancy to adulthood are presented (these are the first charts based on a large sample from the Mediterranean area). The main findings were: (1) incidence of Turner births increases with parental age or parity; (2) most of the neonates are small for dates; (3) girls with normal birth weight tend to be both taller and heavier than girls with low birth weight during the whole growth period; and (4) a 10‐cm difference in midparental height leads to a 6.5‐cm difference in adult stature.