Idiopathic scoliosis in identical (monozygotic) twins.
The exact nature of the primary predisposing cause of idiopathic scoliosis is unknown. Hereditary and/or environmental factors may be responsible. Two sets of identical twins presenting in adolescence with concordant scoliotic curves were studied and lend support for a hereditary predisposition favoring a multifactorial inheritance.
D000293:Adolescent; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000235:genetics*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic