Idiopathic Scoliosis in Identical (Monozygotic) Twins
- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 72 (2) , 231-233
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-197902000-00029
Abstract
The exact nature of the primary predisposing cause of idiopathic scoliosis is unknown. Hereditary and/or environmental factors may be responsible. Two sets of identical twins presenting in adolescence with concordant scoliotic curves were studied and lend support for a hereditary predisposition favoring a multifactorial inheritance.Keywords
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