Although research has been mainly focused on mapping individual determinants of digital exclusion, stressing the role of schooling, less attention has been paid to explore the role of pre-existing cultural practices and capital, beyond formal education, as determining factors of first-level and second-level divides among seniors and across western societies. The diffusion of digital devices with access to the i...
Turner's Syndrome was first described in 1938 by Henry Turner and has an incidence of 1:3000 live female births. The authors present an unusual case of a 48-year-old woman with late diagnosed Turner's Syndrome. Whose karyotype was (46,X,i(Xq)), associated with a pulmonary emphysema and pulmonary hypertension. The case and the methods of study are presented. Some aspects of this case, namely the hypothesis of an...
O Síndrome de Turner foi descrito pela primeira vez em 1938 por Henry Turner e tem uma incidência de 1:3000 mulheres nascidas. Os autores apresentam um caso raro de uma mulher de 48 anos com Síndrome de Turner, cujo cariótipo era (46, X, i (Xq)), tardiamente diagnosticado, associado a enfisema pulmonar e hipertensão pulmonar. O caso e os métodos de estudo são apresentados. Alguns aspectos deste caso, nomeadamen...