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Dizygotic twins concordant for truncus arteriosus
Author(s) -
Lang Michael J.,
Aughton David J.,
Riggs Thomas W.,
Milad Magdy P.,
Biesecker Leslie G.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical genetics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1399-0004
pISSN - 0009-9163
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1991.tb02989.x
Subject(s) - dizygotic twins , truncus , truncus arteriosus , concordance , cardiology , medicine , dizygotic twin , heart disease , biology , genetics , twin study , obstetrics , tetralogy of fallot , heritability
Persistent truncus arteriosus (TA) is an uncommon congenital cardiovascular malformation, which comprises between 0.4% and 4% of all congenital heart defects. Occurrence of TA in siblings has been reported infrequently. Twins concordant for isolated TA appear to have been reported only once previously. In this paper, we describe dizygotic twin females who were concordant for isolated TA.