We report on monozygotic (MZ) twins, one with the fibular aplasia developmental field defect, and the other with ectrosyndactyly of the hand. This may represent a coincidental occurrence of two sporadic events, or syndro-ma1 fibular aplasia.
Monozygotic twins discordant for frontonasal malformation
β Scribed by Mohammed, Shehla N. ;Swan, Marc C. ;Wall, Steven A. ;Wilkie, Andrew O.M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 195 KB
- Volume
- 130A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-7299
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