A twin study in Behcet's syndrome

Masatlioglu S., Seyahi E., Turanli E., Fresko I., GÖĞÜŞ F. N., Senates E., ...More

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.28, no.4, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 28 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: Behcet's syndrome, twin, monozygotic, dizygotic, concordance, HLA-B51, CONCORDANCE RATES, DISEASE, NATIONWIDE, HERITABILITY, MORTALITY, SCLEROSIS, DISORDER, HLA-B51, SERIES
  • Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Objectives. Case reports on monozygotic (MZ) twins with Behcet's syndrome (BS) have been few and we are not aware of formal twin studies. We sought the frequency of MZ and dizygotic (DZ) twin births in BS and compared it to a healthy population sample from the same geography. We also looked for the concordance rate among the MZ and DZ twins.