Are Turner syndrome women mentally retarded?
No. There is no connection between Turner syndrome and mental retardation. There may be some differences in learning style that make verbal learning come more easily and math or spatial problems more difficult. Despite these challenges, women with Turner syndrome can lead productive successful lives in many different types of careers. When was Turner syndrome identified? Dr. Henry Turner, an internist from the University of Oklahoma, first identified a set of common physical features in seven of his patients in an article published in 1938. The chromosomal deficiency that now defines Turner syndrome wasn’t discovered until 1959, when the technology to perform karyotypes.
