Discordant organ laterality in monozygotic twins with primary ciliary dyskinesia

American Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-160

  Noone, Peadar G ^a,b   Bali, Deeksha ^a   Carson, Johnny L ^a   Sannuti, Aruna ^a   Gipson, Clay L ^a   Ostrowski, Lawrence E ^a   Bromberg, Philip A ^a   Boucher, Richard C ^a   Knowles, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Monozygotic twins; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Situs inversus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHIECTASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; CILIARY DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAR DISEASE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITUS INVERSUS;

ADULT; CILIA; CILIARY MOTILITY DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SITUS INVERSUS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0033555998     PISSN: 01487299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19990115)82:2<155::AID-AJMG11>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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