IDENTICAL-TWINS DISCORDANT FOR SOTOS-SYNDROME

Citation
Wt. Brown et al., IDENTICAL-TWINS DISCORDANT FOR SOTOS-SYNDROME, American journal of medical genetics, 79(4), 1998, pp. 329-333
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
ISSN journal
01487299
Volume
79
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
329 - 333
Database
ISI
SICI code
0148-7299(1998)79:4<329:IDFS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
The cause of Sotos syndrome is unknown but it usually occurs sporadica lly. Recent studies have shown no evidence of uniparental disomy, One set of concordant monozygotic twins has been reported. We have identif ied the Sotos syndrome in one of two 5-year-old male monozygotic twins . Our finding of discordance in these identical twins suggests that a postconceptual mutation, or epigenetic change and/or an environmental factor may be involved in the cause of Sotos syndrome. (C) 1998 Wiley- Liss, Inc.