"Twins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two individuals derived from two FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother. Twins are either monozygotic (TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC) or dizygotic (TWINS, DIZYGOTIC).
| Descriptor ID |
D014427
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.438.873
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Programmed syndrome of hypernatremic hypertension in ovine twin lambs. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2005 Apr; 192(4):1196-204.
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Programming of hypertonicity in neonatal lambs: resetting of the threshold for vasopressin secretion. Endocrinology. 2003 Oct; 144(10):4332-7.
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Prediction by maternal risk factors of neonatal intensive care admissions: evaluation of >59,000 women in national managed care programs. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Oct; 181(4):835-42.
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Clinical and pathologic correlates of stillbirths in a single institution. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1998 Aug; 77(7):722-8.