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. 1989 Dec;52(12):1417–1419. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.52.12.1417

Magnetic resonance imaging studies in multiple sclerosis twins.

B M Uitdehaag 1, C H Polman 1, J Valk 1, J C Koetsier 1, C J Lucas 1
PMCID: PMC1031602  PMID: 2614439

Abstract

Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging examinations were performed on a series of seven sets of twins (four monozygotic and three dizygotic) and one set of triplets who were clinically discordant for multiple sclerosis (MS). MR abnormalities were detected in some of the unaffected monozygotic pairs of twins.

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