PMID- 11786721
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20020206
LR  - 20180213
IS  - 0025-7931 (Print)
IS  - 0025-7931 (Linking)
VI  - 68
IP  - 6
DP  - 2001
TI  - Concurrent left-sided spontaneous pneumothorax in Japanese monogerminal twins.
PG  - 625-7
AB  - Monogerminal twin brothers aged 17 were admitted because of concurrent left-sided 
      spontaneous pneumothorax. A familial background of this common disease in 
      association with the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) has been suggested; however, 
      the actual mode of inheritance in association with HLA typing is still uncertain. 
      HLA analysis in this family revealed the HLA-A24, B61 (40), Cw3, DR4, DR53, and 
      DQ3 haplotype in the twins and their father, who also had a medical history of 
      spontaneous pneumothorax. We report these cases as an extremely rare example of 
      familial occurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax.
CI  - Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel
FAU - Tsukadaira, A
AU  - Tsukadaira A
AD  - First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 
      Matsumoto, Japan.
FAU - Okubo, Y
AU  - Okubo Y
FAU - Ota, M
AU  - Ota M
FAU - Hotta, J
AU  - Hotta J
FAU - Kubo, K
AU  - Kubo K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Respiration
JT  - Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases
JID - 0137356
RN  - 0 (HLA Antigens)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Diseases in Twins/*genetics
MH  - HLA Antigens/*analysis
MH  - Haplotypes
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pneumothorax/*genetics/immunology
MH  - Twins, Monozygotic
EDAT- 2002/01/12 10:00
MHDA- 2002/02/07 10:01
CRDT- 2002/01/12 10:00
PHST- 2002/01/12 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/02/07 10:01 [medline]
PHST- 2002/01/12 10:00 [entrez]
AID - res68625 [pii]
AID - 10.1159/000050585 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Respiration. 2001;68(6):625-7. doi: 10.1159/000050585.