Monozygotic twins with a severe form of Alagille syndrome and phenotypic discordance

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Alagille syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder affecting multiple organ systems, predominantly the liver, heart, skeleton, eye, face, and kidney. The phenotype in Alagille syndrome is highly variable both within and between families. We report monozygotic twins with Alagille syndrome concordant for a mutation in Jagged1 but discordant for clinical phenotype. The twins' monozygosity was confirmed by molecular...

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