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  • Title: Different types of intestinal atresia in identical twins.
    Author: De Grazia E, Di Pace MR, Caruso AM, Catalano P, Cimador M.
    Journal: J Pediatr Surg; 2008 Dec; 43(12):2301-4. PubMed ID: 19040960.
    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.
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