Concordant symptomatic intracranial aneurysm in a monozygotic twin: A case report and review of the literature

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 295-300

  Ter Laan, Mark ^a   Kerstjens Frederikse, Wilhelmina S ^a   Metzemaekers, Jan D M ^a   Van Dijk, J Marc C ^a   Groen, Rob J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; Concordance; Intracranial aneurysm; Mirroring; Monozygotic twins; Screening; Twinning process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETICS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NAUSEA; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TWIN CONCORDANCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 67249088549     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.3.295     Document Type: Article

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