Monozygotic twins with trisomy 18: a report of discordant phenotype.

doi:10.1136/jmg.27.10.640

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Monozygotic twins with trisomy 18: a report of discordant phenotype.

Journal of medical genetics - 1 Oct 1990

Schlessel J S, Brown W T, Lysikiewicz A, Schiff R, Zaslav A L

Abstract excerpt

The predicted incidence of liveborn monozygotic trisomy 18 twins is one per million births. The first case of liveborn monozygotic trisomy 18 twins was reported in 1989 and we report a second case in which striking phenotypic discordance existed. The probability of monozygotic trisomy 18 twinning...

Topics

Abnormalities, Multiple
Chromosome Aberrations
Chromosome Disorders
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 18
Diseases in Twins
Female
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Phenotype
Trisomy
Twins, Monozygotic

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