It is a chromosomal alteration that consists in the total or partial lack of the X chromosome, the Cuban website Infomed reported.

Girls and women with Turner syndrome have specific characteristics such as a short height (20 centimeters less than normal) and gonadal dysgenesis, which affects the formation of the ovaries.

The syndrome is named after the endocrinologist Henry Turner, who described this pathology in 1938.

In general, people with Turner syndrome tend to be short during childhood, have a short neck and broad chest and often have congenital heart diseases. In newborns, swelling on the back of the hands and feet is most evident.

During puberty, their sexual organs do not develop and menstruation is not present, so they cannot be fertilized.

In addition, these patients frequently experience high blood pressure, diabetes, and kidney or eye alterations.

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