Monozygotic twins discordant for proteus syndrome

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A

Volumn 146, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2122-2125

  Brockmann, Knut ^a   Happle, Rudolf ^b   Oeffner, Frank ^b   König, Arne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Monozygosity; Mosaicism; Proteus syndrome; Twins

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME MOSAICISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FOOT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIPLE CANCER; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; TOE; TWIN DISCORDANCE;

CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; MOSAICISM; PROTEUS SYNDROME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 49449085023     PISSN: 15524825     EISSN: 15524833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32417     Document Type: Article

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