Phenotypic discordance in monozygotic twins with 22q11.2 Deletion

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 319-321

  Yamagishi, Hiroyuki ^a   Ishii, Chihiro ^a   Maeda, Jun ^a   Kojima, Yoshifumi ^a   Matsuoka, Rumiko ^b   Kimura, Misa ^b   Takao, Atsuyoshi ^b   Momma, Kazuo ^b   Matsuo, Nobutake ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

22q11.2 deletion; Monozygotic twins; Phenotypic variability

Indexed keywords

DNA; HLA ANTIGEN;

ANUS ATRESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DYSPHAGIA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT STATURE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DISEASES IN TWINS; FACE; FEMALE; FETOFETAL TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; KARYOTYPING; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031904734     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19980724)78:4<319::AID-AJMG3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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