"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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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins, Conjoined" by people in Profiles.
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Hynd TE, Buckley CL, Lozanoff S. Case of cephalothoracopagus conjoined twinning in an embryonic mouse. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2013 Jun; 97(6):421-4.