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Oculo-Aurigulo-Vertebral Dysplasia (Goldenhar's Syndrome) Concordant In Identical Twins

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2014

Ben Terhaar*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Department of Pediatrics, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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The first case of MZ twins concordant for oculo-auriculo-vertebral dysplasia is reported. In the light of the data from the literature concerning the etiology of the syndrome, this observation does not allow an absolute conclusion but points towards the possible existence of a genetic form of this syndrome.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The International Society for Twin Studies 1972

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