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J Pediatr Genet
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1759737
Original Article

Abnormalities of the Eyelashes in Turner's Syndrome

Layla Almarzooqi
1   Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Esther Schmidt
1   Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Heinrich Schmidt
1   Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
,
Ilja Dubinski
1   Department of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany
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Abstract

Turner's syndrome (TS) is a sex chromosome disorder caused by a partial loss, complete absence or structural abnormality of one X chromosome in females. Special ocular features are often found. Some of the abnormalities are only cosmetic, such as the abnormalities of the eyelashes. The present prospective study with 12 TS and 12 control patients demonstrates the higher number of eyelashes as well as the greater vertical distance between the roots of the eyelashes in patients with TS compared with the control group. Increased awareness of this ophthalmological abnormality could be an additional diagnostic tool for early clinical suspicion of TS diagnosis.

Keywords

Turner's syndrome - ophthalmological - eyelashes - lymphedema

Ethical Standard

The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national guidelines on human experimentation and with the Declaration of Helsinki of 1975, as revised in 2008. All participating families gave their written consent for the photographs, the analysis, and the publication.




Publication History

Received: 26 April 2022

Accepted: 06 November 2022

Article published online:
22 December 2022

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