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Monozygotic twins incompletely concordant for narcolepsy.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jun 2001
Honda M, Honda Y, Uchida S, Miyazaki S, Tokunaga K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Among 15 monozygotic twin pairs described in the literature, only four pairs were considered to be concordant. There is no detailed report of HLA-DRB1*1501/DQB1*0602 positive monozygotic twins concordant for narcolepsy, with marked difference in the age of onset. METHODS: We compared a pair of female narcoleptic twins clinically. RESULTS: Diagnosis of narcolepsy and monozygosity of the twins were...
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