Carbohydrate homeostasis was evaluated in 47 girls with Turner syndrome and in 25 "short normal" girls by means of an oral glucose tolerance test. Of the Turner patients 34% showed an impaired glucose tolerance vs 8% of the controls (Z 2 = 5.9, P < 0.05). Mean glucose levels were significantly highe
A survey on maternal age and karyotype in Down's syndrome in Japan, 1947–1975
✍ Scribed by Ei Matsunaga; Hiroko Fujita
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 568 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-6717
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