"Twins, Conjoined" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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MONOZYGOTIC TWINS who are joined in utero. They may be well developed and share only a superficial connection, often in the frontal, transverse or sagittal body plane, or they may share a partial duplication of a body structure. Alternatively, there may be a small and incompletely developed twin conjoined to a larger, more fully developed twin.
| Descriptor ID |
D014428
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C16.131.085.806
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| Concept/Terms |
Twins, Conjoined- Twins, Conjoined
- Conjoined Twin
- Conjoined Twins
- Twin, Conjoined
- Siamese Twins
- Siamese Twin
- Twin, Siamese
- Twins, Siamese
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins, Conjoined" by people in Profiles.
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Airway management in conjoined twins: a rare indication for the EXIT procedure. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Jan; 131(1):58-60.
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Heart and soul: the case of the conjoined twins. America (NY). 2000 Dec 02; 183(18):12-4.
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Did you bring two isolettes? Transport of conjoined twins. Air Med J. 1999 Jan-Mar; 18(1):35-7.
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Unique anomalies in cephalothoracopagus janiceps conjoined twins with implications for multiple mechanisms in the abnormal embryogenesis. Teratology. 1990 Jan; 41(1):9-22.
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Antenatal diagnosis of cephalothoracopagus twins in a triplet pregnancy. A case report. J Reprod Med. 1989 May; 34(5):365-8.