Monozygotic twins discordant for Klippel-Feil syndrome.
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In a pair of Japanese monozygotic twins, one manifested Klippel-Feil syndrome, a short neck with C(1-4) vertebra fusion, whereas the other was normal. The discordance between the twins suggests that Klippel-Feil syndrome results in part from a postzygotic somatic mutation or intrauterine environmental factors.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Pediatric neurology
دوره 34 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006