Concordance of ulcerative colitis in monozygotic twin sisters

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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2005; 11(47): 7547-7549
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Table 1 HLA alleles in the case

Serological typing
A Locus	A2	A33
B Locus	B44	B75
DR Locus	DR13	DR15
DQ Locus	DQ1
DNA typing
DRB1	1302	1501
DQB1	0602	0604

Table 2 Previously reported cases and prevalence of concordant twins with UC

Author (country)	Total numberof twin	IBD¹	Ulcerative colitis²	Number ofconcordant cases	Concordance (%)	Referrence
Tysk,Halfvarson	25 000	80	16 (Monozygotic)	1 (3)	6.3 (18.8)	Gut 1988;29:990-996
(Sweden)			26 (Dizygotic)	0	0	Gastroenterology. 2003;124:1767-73
Thompson		128	38 (Monozygotic)	6	15.8	BMJ 1996;312:95-96
(UK)			34 (Dizygotic)	1 (Dizygotic)	2.9
Orholm	29 421	103	21 (Monozygotic)	3	14.3	Scand J Gastroenterol. 2000;35:1075-81
(Denmark)			44 (Dizygotic)	2 (Dizygotic)	4.5
Lyons (USA)	Case report			1		Gastroenterology. 1948;10:545
Webb (USA)	Case report			1		Gastroenterology. 1950;15:523-4
Bacon	Case report			1 (Dizygotic)		Ulcerative colitis. 1958, pp3 J.B.Lippincott Co.
Sleight	Case report			1		Gastroenterology. 1971;61:507-12
Sanford	Case report			1		Am Surg. 1971;37:512-7.
Fausa	Case report			1		Scand J Gastroenterol. 1972;16 (Suppl):38
Quigley (USA)	Case report			1		Postgrad Med J. 1982;58:112-4
Mayberry (UK)	Case report			1		Gastroenterology. 1983;85:1160-5
Masuichi (Japan)	Case report			1		Nippon Shokakibyo Gakkai Zasshi. 1995;92:1966-70
Iwaizumi (Japan)	Case report			1		Intern Med. 2002;41:629-32
Our case (Japan)	Case report			1

Total number of concordant cases of ulcerative colitis in monozygotic twins. IBD¹: number of twins, one or both pair suffered from inflammatory bowel disease Ulcerative colitis²: number of twins, one or both pair suffered from ulcerative colitis. UK: United Kingdom, USA: United States of America.

Citation: Horiya M, Kakizaki S, Teshigawara K, Kikuchi Y, Hashida T, Tomizawa Y, Iida T, Masuo T, Takagi H, Mori M. Concordance of ulcerative colitis in monozygotic twin sisters. World J Gastroenterol 2005; 11(47): 7547-7549
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