We report on a pair of monozygotic twins with persistent truncus arteriosus. They had no evident clinical signs of DiGeorge syndrome. Pathologic examination of the placenta and DNA analysis in chromosomes 7, 8, and 15 was consistent with monozygosity. Fluorescence in situ hybridization test was nega
Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis in Monozygotic Twins: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
β Scribed by John Baum; Chester Fink
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1968
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 198 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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