Different types of intestinal atresia in identical twins
- Authors: De Grazia,E;Di Pace,MR;Caruso,AM;Catalano,P;Cimador,M
- Publication year: 2008
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Key words: newborn; intestinal malformation; twins
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/68703
Abstract
The authors present a previously unreported association of different types of intestinal atresia in identical low-birth-weight twins. Both babies were affected by duodenal atresia, associated in the first case with a complete mucosal duodenal membrane and in the second one with an “apple-peel” jejunal atresia. These occurrences may suggest that they were either the consequence of linkage of 2 genes or a pleiotropic expression of a single gene responsible for such rare conditions