The authors describe the results of a survey of educational achievement, occupational status, and personal happiness among adult women with Turner's syndrome, a sex-linked chromosomal abnormality. The results suggest that such women compare favorably in these areas with genetically normal populations. The authors conclude that the “cognitive deficits” reported in the literature are either overcome by the subjects or perhaps are exaggerated by researchers.
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