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Usefulness of abdominal ultrasonography with studies of the intestinal loops in Turner syndrome patients
- Source :
- Journal of Ultrasound. 16:97-100
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013.
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Abstract
- Turner syndrome, a chromosomal disorder caused by partial or complete absence of one of the two X chromosomes, is characterized by an increased incidence (compared with that in the normal population) of either autoimmune disorders, including chronic inflammatory bowel diseases, or angiodysplasia of the small intestine. Because ultrasonography and color Doppler ultrasound are widely used to investigate gastrointestinal disorders, we decided to carry out an ultrasound-based screening study in patients with Turner syndrome to determine whether this method might be useful in the follow-up of this population.La sindrome di Turner, patologia cromosomica dovuta a parziale o totale assenza di uno dei due cromosomi X, è caratterizzata da un’aumentata incidenza rispetto alla popolazione normale di malattie autoimmuni, tra cui le malattie infiammatorie croniche intestinali, e di angiodisplasie del tenue. In considerazione dell’attuale ampio utilizzo dell’ecografia e dell’ eco-color-Doppler nello studio diagnostico delle patologie gastrointestinali si è pensato di effettuare uno screening ecografico in una popolazione di pazienti affetti da sindrome di Turner per valutare l’utilità dell’inserimento di questa metodica nel loro follow up.
- Subjects :
- education.field_of_study
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Incidence (epidemiology)
Population
Ultrasound
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Small intestine
medicine.anatomical_structure
Abdominal ultrasonography
Turner syndrome
Internal Medicine
Medicine
Original Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Angiodysplasia
business
education
X chromosome
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 18767931
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Ultrasound
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....91c52f85cfe337a5b9e7485c6a42c94f
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s40477-013-0020-2