Article
Different clinical features in monozygotic twins: a case of 7q--syndrome.
Clinical genetics - 1 Mar 1993
Tsukamoto H, Inui K, Taniike M, Kamiyama K, Hori M, Sumi K, Okada S
Abstract excerpt
We present male monozygotic twins who showed quite different clinical features. Blood chromosome analysis revealed 46,XY/46,XY,del(7) (q32-->qter) mosaicism in both twins. However, cultured skin fibroblasts from the twins showed different karyotypes. Twin 1, with a normal phenotype, had normal ch...
Topics
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Child, Preschool
- Chromosome Banding
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
- DNA Fingerprinting
- Developmental Disabilities
- Facial Bones
- Humans
- Male
- Mosaicism
- Phenotype
- Skull
- Syndrome
- Twins, Monozygotic