Psoriasis occuring in young monozygotic twins.
Psoriasis occuring in monozygotic twins is reported. Although these patients had a different living environment since birth the similarity in psoriatic pattern and its time of onset suggested the strong influence of genetic factors. However the major histocompatibility antigens A2, A11, Bw(16), found in these patients were not those, which have been reported to be significantly increased among Japanese psoriatics.
Department of Dermatology, Nagoya City University School of Medicine, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
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D000328:Adult; D004200:Diseases in Twins; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014430:Twins, Monozygotic