Simultaneous acute appendicitis in monozygotic twins: Coincidence or genetic?

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 407-408

  Gurbuz, Ahmet Tayfun ^a   Muckleroy, S Kel ^a   Davis Merritt, Deborah ^a  

^a Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; APPENDIX PERFORATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; APPENDICITIS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0029932520     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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