A pair of monozygotic twins with anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction and pancreatitis.
The authors describe a pair of white 7-year-old monozygotic twin girls with the same anomaly of the pancreaticobiliary junction (APBJ), in whom the clinical presentation and disease evolution are slightly divergent. The pathogenesis and genetic control of the disease are discussed.
Jaunin-Stalder
Nicole
N
Department of Paediatrics and the Division of Gastroenterology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
Stähelin-Massik
Jody
J
Knuchel
Jürg
J
Gnehm
Hanspeter E
HE
D002648:Child; D003135:Common Bile Duct / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D004200:Diseases in Twins / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology*; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic / Q000235:genetics