Article
Monozygotic twins discordant for external hydrocephalus.
Pediatric neurosurgery - 1 Oct 2001
Piatt J H
Abstract excerpt
External hydrocephalus (EH) is a transient, developmental condition in infancy characterized by macrocephaly and prominence of the subarachnoid spaces. The cause is unknown, but many patients have a family history consistent with autosomal dominant inheritance. This report describes a pair of monozygotic twins, only one of whom--the recipient of a twin-twin transfusion--has EH. Whatever the genotype of the twins,...
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