title: Japanese monozygotic twins with Rett syndrome.
abstract: We present a study of 28-year-old Japanese monozygotic female twins with Rett syndrome (RS). To our knowledge, this is the first report of monozygotic twins with RS from Japanese family. There are some differences between twins about seizures, scoliosis and stereotypical hand movements during adolescence. Monozygosity was confirmed by both blood typing and HLA titers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mitsudome
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001788:Blood Grouping and Crossmatching; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D015518:Rett Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens