PEPTIC ULCER IN IDENTICAL TWINS

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Article1 May 1946PEPTIC ULCER IN IDENTICAL TWINSH. H. RIECKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.H. H. RIECKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-24-5-878 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe literature concerning the familial incidence of peptic ulcer was reviewed in this Journal in 1933,1 and although the reports suggested an inherited factor prominent in the basic causes of peptic ulcer, I was unable at the time to find the disease in identical twins or any reference to it in the literature. Since 1933, three instances have appeared in the literature. I wish to report the fourth instance of the occurrence of this pathological process in identical twins as further evidence in support of the hereditary nature of peptic ulcer.It is rational, in view of the limitation of...Bibliography1. RIECKER HH: The familial incidence of peptic ulcer, Ann. Int. Med., 1933, vii, 732-737. Google Scholar2. SCHINDLER E: Perforated gastric ulcer in twins, Chirurg., 1935, vii, 327-330. Google Scholar3. VON MENTZINGEN F: Duodenal ulcer and pituitary disturbances in identical twins, Ztschr. f. menschl. Vererb.-u. Konstitutionslehre, 1935, xix, 432-436. Google Scholar4. MCHARDY G BROWNE DC, M.D., and : Duodenal ulcer concomitant in identical twins, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1944, cxxiv, 503. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 KIDD CW: Twins with similar symmetrical and simultaneous perforated duodenal ulcers, Brit. Med. Jr., 1938, i, 449-450. Google Scholar6. MILITZER RE: Carcinoma of stomach in identical twins, Am. Jr. Cancer, 1935, xxv, 544-550. Google Scholar7. WISECOMEAUWHITE BWJPD: An electrocardiographic study of twins, Am. Heart Jr., 1939, xvii, 701-710. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: H. H. RIECKER, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Ann Arbor, Michigan*Received for publication August 11, 1945.From the Department of Postgraduate Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, and the St. Joseph Mercy Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byComparison of Concordance of Peptic Ulcer Disease, Non-Adenomatous Intestinal Polyp, and Gallstone Disease in Korean Monozygotic and Dizygotic Twins: A Cross-Sectional StudyREFERENCESDer Verdauungstrakt und die großen DrüsenDie Coronarerkrankungen. Coronarinsuffizienz, Angina pectoris und HerzinfarktILLNESS IN TWINS: II. DUODENAL ULCERChapter I: Relationships Between Physical and Mental HealthTrends in diagnosis, etiology and treatment of duodenal ulcerHEREDITARY FACTORS IN PEPTIC ULCERPeptic Ulcer 1 May 1946Volume 24, Issue 5 Page: 878-882 Keywords Hospital medicine Monozygotic twins Peptic ulcers ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1946 PDF downloadLoading ...