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Skeletal Muscle Abnormalities in Girls and Adolescents With Turner Syndrome

Abstract

CONTEXT: Turner syndrome (TS) is a chromosomal disorder occurring in approximately 1 in 2500 live births. Individuals with TS report lower levels of physical activity than healthy control (HC) subjects. Cardiorespiratory limitations may contribute to the observed reduction in physical activity. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare muscle metabolism of patients with TS vs HC subjects before and after exercise using exercise …

Authors

Wells GD; O'Gorman CS; Rayner T; Caterini J; Thompson S; Bradley T; Hamilton J

Journal

The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Vol. 98, No. 6, pp. 2521–2527

Publisher

The Endocrine Society

Publication Date

June 1, 2013

DOI

10.1210/jc.2012-4016

ISSN

0021-972X