Turner syndrome: ‘Why isn’t my daughter growing?’


Parents of a girl with Turner Syndrome usually first suspect something is wrong when their daughter’s peers start to outgrow her. — Filepic

When 10-year-old Emilia was still wearing the same uniform size she had worn at age seven, her parents began to worry.

At first, they brushed it off; perhaps she was just growing at her own pace.

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