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Published in: Rheumatology International 3/2003

01-05-2003 | Letter to the Editor

Juvenile chronic arthritis in a monozygotic twin couple

Authors: Levent Özçakar, Fitnat Dinçer, Z. Birsin Özçakar

Published in: Rheumatology International | Issue 3/2003

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Juvenile chronic arthritis (JCA) encompasses a heterogenous group of chronic childhood arthropathies. The heterogeneity also applies to their complex genetic traits. Reports of twins both concordant and discordant for JCA, though rare, are reported in the literature. We also present a twin couple with JCA and stress the genetic influences. …
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Metadata
Title
Juvenile chronic arthritis in a monozygotic twin couple
Authors
Levent Özçakar
Fitnat Dinçer
Z. Birsin Özçakar
Publication date
01-05-2003
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Rheumatology International / Issue 3/2003
Print ISSN: 0172-8172
Electronic ISSN: 1437-160X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-002-0270-3

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