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ArticleCureus2022

Clinical Discordance in Monozygotic Twins With Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Angela Ho, Atif Towheed, Sandy Luong, Samuel Zucker, Eric Fethke

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 49% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Angela HoMedicine, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Atif TowheedPediatrics, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Sandy LuongPediatrics, Drake University, Des Moines, USA.
Samuel ZuckerPediatrics, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, Middletown, USA.
Eric FethkePediatric Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.
Boston Children's Hospital · USDrake University · USTouro College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a significant concordance of autism spectrum disorder in monozygotic (MZ) twins, where behavioral manifestations are heavily influenced by genetic factors. We describe a case of male monozygotic twins with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), raised in the same household, that present with different clinical manifestations. One of the twins presents with intermittent frank syncopal episodes, sinus bradycardia, and elevated alkaline phosphatase (ALP), while the other has symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), normal cardiological findings, and normal ALP level. The clinical discordance in this pair of monozygotic twins may be due to any of the following: 1) neuroanatomic cerebellar differences, 2) variable expression of genotype, and 3) inconsistent neurotransmitter regulation.

Indexed as

attention-deficit/ hyperactivity disorderautism spectrum disorder (asd)identical twinsmonozygotic twinsunexplained syncope

Identifiers

PMID35686266
PMCPMC9170280
OpenAlexW4229336581

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