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A. Pidd Miller, MD; H. Keith Stonechipher, MD; Bobby Boyd, MD
Houston

JAMA. 1970;214(13):2337.

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To the Editor.—

This case is reported because of the typical findings to Turner's syndrome in a young pregnant woman with cyanotic congenital heart disease.

This patient, a 24-year-old housewife, was the sixth child of a 40-year-old mother with an uncomplicated pregnancy. All siblings are apparently normal. Her birth weight was 8 Ib, and there was no history of peripheral edema during infancy.

During infancy cyanotic congenital heart disease was diagnosed which caused slight restriction of her activities during the preschool years. At the age of 6 years she was seen by a pediatric cardiologist who advised that surgical correction of the heart defect was not possible; he did not give a specific diagnosis. She had the usual childhood diseases hut was never seriously ill or admitted to the hospital and had never received any type of heart medication. Menarchy occurred at the age of 14 years. As an adult . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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