"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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| 2009 | 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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Fisher K, Thorne M, Choudhry D, Barth P, Dunham B, Schmidt R, Jones J, Jacobs I, Cook S. Pediatric tracheostomy in conjoined twins: multidisciplinary approach. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2009 Mar; 73(3):487-91.
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Casale P, Grady RW, Waldhausen JH, Joyner BD, Wright J, Mitchell ME. Cloacal exstrophy variants. Can blighted conjoined twinning play a role? J Urol. 2004 Sep; 172(3):1103-6, discussion 1106-7.
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O'Neill JA, Holcomb GW, Schnaufer L, Templeton JM, Bishop HC, Ross AJ, Duckett JW, Norwood WI, Ziegler MM, Koop CE. Surgical experience with thirteen conjoined twins. Ann Surg. 1988 Sep; 208(3):299-312.
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Wiegenstein L, Iozzo RV. Unusual findings in a conjoined ("Siamese") twin placenta. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1980 Jul 15; 137(6):744-5.