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A Discordant Case of Monozygotic Twins With Symbrachydactyly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Hiroshi Shiono  and
Toshihiko Ogino
Hiroshi Shiono*
Affiliation:
Department of Legal Medicine, Sapporo Medical College, Sapporo, Japan
Toshihiko Ogino
Affiliation:
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hokkaido University Medical School, Sapporo, Japan
*
Department of Legal Medicine, Sapporo Medical College, S-1 W-17 Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060, Japan

Abstract

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The case presented here may be the first report of symbrachydactyly in one child of monozygotic twins. Detailed testing of blood groups was performed to confirm zygosity. This case suggests that symbrachydactyly may be caused by intrauterine environmental factors.

Keywords

SymbrachydactylyTwinsIntrauterine factors
Type
Case Report
Information
Acta geneticae medicae et gemellologiae: twin research , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , July 1980 , pp. 241 - 245
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1980

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