The mystery of monozygotic twinning II: What can monozygotic twinning tell us about Amyoplasia from a review of the various mechanisms and types of monozygotic twinning?
Amyoplasia
IVF MZ twinning
familial MZ twinning
overripe ova
spontaneous MZ twinning
twin-twin transfusion syndrome
Journal
American journal of medical genetics. Part A
ISSN: 1552-4833
Titre abrégé: Am J Med Genet A
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101235741
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Date de publication:
06 2021
06 2021
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revised:
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02
2021
received:
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2020
accepted:
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02
2021
pubmed:
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3
2021
medline:
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2021
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25
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2021
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Résumé
Monozygotic (MZ) twins ("identical twins") are essentially unique to human beings. Why and how they arise is not known. This article reviews the possible different types of MZ twinning recognized in the previous article on twins and arthrogryposis. There appear to be at least three subgroups of MZ twinning: spontaneous, familial, and those related to artificial reproductive technologies. Each is likely to have different etiologies and different secondary findings. Spontaneous MZ twinning may relate to "overripe ova." Amyoplasia, a specific nongenetic form of arthrogryposis, appears to occur in spontaneous MZ twinning and may be related to twin-twin transfusion.
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pubmed: 33765349
doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.62177
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eng
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