CH Gravholt - Arquivos Brasileiros de Endocrinologia & Metabologia, 2005 - SciELO Brasil Turner syndrome is one of the more common genetic disorders, associated with abnormalities
of the X chromosome, and occurring in about 50 per 100,000 liveborn girls. Turner syndrome
is usually associated with reduced adult height, gonadal dysgenesis, and thus insufficient ... Cited by 77 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 16 versions
CH Gravholt, RW Naeraa, K Brixen, KW Kastrup, L … - Pediatrics, 2002 - Am Acad Pediatrics Methods. A randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study was conducted with girls with
TS. All girls with TS were treated with GH 0.1 IU/kg/d subcutaneously at bedtime or with placebo
for 2 months and studied at the end of each period. Control subjects were studied once ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
CH Gravholt - Hormone research, 2000 - content.karger.com Several issues should be addressed when managing women with Turner's syndrome. Female
sex hormone substitution should be offered to help prevent the increased morbidity seen in Turner's
women, which consists of an increased risk of fractures and osteoporosis, and a ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - All 6 versions
N Wiernsperger, P Nivoit, LGK De Aguiar, E … - …, 2007 - informahealthcare.com The present review, to the authors' knowledge, is the first to specifically address the relationships
between microcirculation and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of metabolic and cardiovascular
modifications highly prevalent in the general population. Its close link to overweight and ... Cited by 18 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
B Salgin, R Amin, K Yuen, RM Williams, P Murgatroyd, … - Horm Res, 2006 - content.karger.com Background/Aims: Turner's syndrome (TS) is associated with increased insulin resistance and
adiposity, which might be associated with type 2 diabetes in later life. We aimed to determine
whether the defect in insulin sensitivity is a primary intrinsic defect in TS or dependent on ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
- ►endojournals.org CB Jensen, H Storgaard, S Madsbad, EA … - Journal of Clinical …, 2007 - Endocrine Soc Context: Low birth weight (LBW), a surrogate marker of an adverse fetal milieu, is linked to muscle
insulin resistance, impaired insulin-stimulated glycolysis, and future risk of type 2 diabetes. Skeletal
muscle mass, fiber composition, and capillary density are important determinants of ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
N Zuckerman-Levin, O Zinder, A Greenberg, … - CLINICAL …, 2006 - pt.wkhealth.com Results: Resting heart rate was higher in Turner syndrome patients at 83 ± 9 beats per min
(bpm, mean ± SD), as compared to controls (74 ± 10 bpm, P < 0·05). Their supine BP was also
higher at 122 ± 9/84 ± 6 vs. 106 ± 11/70 ± 9 mmHg (P < 0·02/< 0·02). The corresponding ... Cited by 7 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
CH Gravholt - eop, 2001 - informahealthcare.com Several issues have to be considered when taking care of girls and women with Turner
syndrome. During childhood, short stature is the primary concern and treatment with growth hormone
(GH) is now widely used, often in con- junction with the androgen, oxandrolone. Recent ... Cited by 5 - Related articles - All 5 versions
AD Karelis, B Tousignant, J Nantel, M … - Applied Physiology, …, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between insulin sensitivity
and lower body muscle strength in overweight and obese sedentary postmenopausal
women. The design of the study was cross-sectional. The study population consisted of ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
M Brochu, ME Mathieu, AD Karelis, É Doucet, ME … - Obesity, 2008 - nature.com Some insulin-resistant obese postmenopausal (PM) women are characterized by an android
body fat distribution type and higher levels of lean body mass (LBM) compared to insulin-sensitive
obese PM women. This study investigates the independent contribution of LBM to the ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 2 versions
