"Twins, Dizygotic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two offspring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from two OVA, fertilized at about the same time by two SPERMATOZOA. Such twins are genetically distinct and can be of different sexes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014429
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.438.873.920
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| Concept/Terms |
Twins, Dizygotic- Twins, Dizygotic
- Dizygotic Twin
- Dizygotic Twins
- Twin, Dizygotic
- Twins, Fraternal
- Fraternal Twin
- Fraternal Twins
- Twin, Fraternal
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins, Dizygotic" by people in Profiles.
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Kallen CB. Fraternal twins after elective single-embryo transfers: a lesson in never saying "never". Fertil Steril. 2018 01; 109(1):63.
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Grantz KL, Grewal J, Albert PS, Wapner R, D'Alton ME, Sciscione A, Grobman WA, Wing DA, Owen J, Newman RB, Chien EK, Gore-Langton RE, Kim S, Zhang C, Buck Louis GM, Hediger ML. Dichorionic twin trajectories: the NICHD Fetal Growth Studies. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 08; 215(2):221.e1-221.e16.
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Imitola J, Walleigh D, Anderson CE, Jethva R, Carvalho KS, Legido A, Khurana DS. Fraternal twins with autism, severe cognitive deficit, and epilepsy: diagnostic role of chromosomal microarray analysis. Semin Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Jun; 21(2):167-71.
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Parva M, Donnenfeld AE, Gerson A. Trizygotic dichorionic triplets with 46,XX/46,XY chimerism in both fetuses of the monochorionic pair. Prenat Diagn. 2009 Nov; 29(11):1091-3.
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Kenniston JA, Beredjiklian PK, Bozentka DJ. Osteochondritis dissecans of the capitellum in fraternal twins: case report. J Hand Surg Am. 2008 Oct; 33(8):1380-3.
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Hewitt AW, Poulsen JP, Alward WL, Bennett SL, Budde WM, Cooper RL, Craig JE, Fingert JH, Foster PJ, Garway-Heath DF, Green CM, Hammond CJ, Hayreh SS, Jonas JB, Kaufman PL, Miller NR, Morgan WH, Newman NJ, Quigley HA, Samples JR, Spaeth GL, Pesudovs K, Mackey DA. Heritable features of the optic disc: a novel twin method for determining genetic significance. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2007 Jun; 48(6):2469-75.
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Spitsin S, Hooper DC, Mikheeva T, Koprowski H. Uric acid levels in patients with multiple sclerosis: analysis in mono- and dizygotic twins. Mult Scler. 2001 Jun; 7(3):165-6.
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Chasen ST, Al-Kouatly HB, Chervenak FA. Correlation between prenatal and neonatal birth order in twin pregnancy. Am J Perinatol. 2001 May; 18(3):151-4.
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Robertson EG, Neer KJ. Placental injection studies in twin gestation. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1983 Sep 15; 147(2):170-4.