Impact of the Menstrual Cycle on Physical Performance and Subjective Ratings in Elite Academy Women Soccer Players.

Our study aimed to combine psychological and physical factors to explore the impact of the menstrual cycle on performance in elite academy women soccer players through weekly monitoring. Eighteen elite academy women soccer players were monitored. Players reported daily through an online anonymous survey if they were in menstruation.

Emotions generated by meat and other food products in women.

Eating behaviour depends partly on food preference, which is itself determined by different types of emotions. Among the emotions generated by food, disgust with red meat is common in women and can lead to reduced meat consumption. We tested the hypothesis that low meat intake is related to different negative emotions towards meat but does not affect the emotions expressed towards other food categories.

[Fertility and genetic counseling in Turner syndrome].

We report three cases of Turner syndrome 45,X/46,XX with spontaneous menstruations. Two patients had together four pregnancies with a normal girl, a malformed boy and two miscarriages. The outcome of the pregnancy in such a women is discussed with a review of the literature.

Ovarian hypoplasia with follicular calcifications.

The clinical features and the ovary biopsy findings of two cases of ovarian hypoplasia are presented. Both patients, 20 and 34 years of age, complained of primary amenorrhea. One patient presented growth retardation with genital and breast infantilism.

Prepubertal XX male with profound physical and mental deficiency, retinitis pigmentosa and multiple congenital anomalies.

A unique case of a prepubertal XX male with profound mental and physical retardation, retinitis pigmentosa, ambiguous genitalia and multiple congenital anomalies is reported. His clinical, genetic, dermatoglyphic and histological findings are presented. This case could represent a new multiple congenital malformation syndrome.

[Three families with pericentric inversion of chromosome 9].

The authors describe three unrelated families who had a pericentric inversion of chromosome 9. Three female patients and 9 out of 16 members of their families were heterozygous carriers of the same chromosomal recombination. This anomaly has been found with a frequency of about 1% in our laboratory.

A new case of trisomy for the distal part of 13q due to maternal translocation, t(9;13)(p21;q21).

The first child of a mother with a balanced translocation (9;13) revealed a trisomy for the distal third of 13q. Clinical signs were microcephaly, hemangiomata, long incurved eyelashes, strabismus, enlarged bridge of the nose, abnormally long philtrum, high-arched palate, low set ears, hexadactyly of the four extremities, umbilical and inguinal hernias, neonatal respiratory distress, psychomotor and growth retardation. The proband presented also male pseudohermaphroditism and trigonocephaly.