Two pairs of proven monozygotic twins discordant for familial amyloid neuropathy (FAP) TTR Met 30

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 629-632

  Munar Qués, Miguel ^a   Pedrosa, Jorge L ^b   Coelho, Teresa ^c   Gusmão, Leonor ^d   Seruca, Raquel ^d   Amorim, António ^d   Sequeiros, Jorge ^e  

^a Grupo de Estudio de la PAF   (Spain)

^b Hospital Oliveira de Azeméis   (Portugal)

^c Centro de Estudos de Paramiloidose   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Discordant MZ twins; Hereditary amyloidosis; Non genetic factors; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYLOID NEUROPATHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MEDICAL GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; ONSET AGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOID NEUROPATHIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; MALE; PORTUGAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0032803525     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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