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| May 15, 2001 | JOHNSON, KATE | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

TORONTO -- Egg donation has opened the door to the possibility of pregnancy in women with Turner's syndrome, but it also exposes them to some unexpected and possibly fatal cardiac risks.

"Few elective treatments in medicine today place seemingly healthy patients at risk of death. But in reproductive medicine, by allowing Turner's syndrome patients to achieve pregnancy through oocyte donation, we may be doing just that," Dr. Megan Karnis said at the annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation.

Turner's syndrome, which affects women only, is caused by the complete or partial absence of one of the X chromosomes. Affected women experience a premature loss of oocytes, which…

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