title: Twin sisters with perforated sigmoid diverticulitis support heredity in the pathogenesis of diverticular disease.
authors.affiliation: Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.|Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Alec
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Winder
authors.affiliation: Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand. konradklaus.richter@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Konrad Klaus
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Richter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D012809:Colon, Sigmoid / Q000473:pathology*; D004238:Diverticulitis / Q000150:complications*; D004239:Diverticulitis, Colonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D040941:Heredity / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000150:complications*; D010535:Laparoscopy; D035781:Siblings; D014427:Twins / Q000235:genetics*