Obstetrical Hemorrhage 4.
Hypertension is relatively common in adults with the disorder.
View image Turner's Syndrome. Females with a 45,XO karyotype characteristically have short stature, primary amenorrhea, streak gonads, and sexual infantilism. The disorder is a result of accelerated oocyte atresia in which these women under go menopause before they enter puberty. Both X chromosomes are required for female germ cell survival. Because of oocyte atresia ovarian development is altered and sex steroid secretion is deficient resulting in elevated FSH levels consistent with menopause.