title: A pair of monozygotic twins with anomalous pancreaticobiliary junction and pancreatitis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and the Division of Gastroenterology, Kantonsspital Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jaunin-Stalder
authors.forename: Jody
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stähelin-Massik
authors.forename: Jürg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knuchel
authors.forename: Hanspeter E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Gnehm
mesh_terms: 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