"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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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Birth weight discordance in very low birth weight twins: mortality, morbidity, and neurodevelopment. J Perinatol. 2019 09; 39(9):1229-1240.
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A co-twin control study of the association between combat exposure, PTSD and obesity in male veterans. Psychol Med. 2018 10; 48(14):2449-2452.
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Cohort Profile: NICHD Fetal Growth Studies-Singletons and Twins. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 02 01; 47(1):25-25l.
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Impact of recipient twin preoperative myocardial performance index in twin-twin transfusion syndrome treated with laser. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2017 Apr; 30(7):767-771.
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Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Aging Vietnam-Era Veterans: Veterans Administration Cooperative Study 569: Course and Consequences of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnam-Era Veteran Twins. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2016 Mar; 24(3):181-91.
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Specific genetic influences on nighttime blood pressure. Am J Hypertens. 2015 Apr; 28(4):440-3.
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Genetic influence on blood pressure measured in the office, under laboratory stress and during real life. Hypertens Res. 2011 Feb; 34(2):239-44.
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Twins: prevalence, problems, and preterm births. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Oct; 203(4):305-15.
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Optimal nutrition for improved twin pregnancy outcome. Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Nov; 114(5):1121-1134.
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Successful twin birth following blastocyst culture of embryos derived from the immotile ejaculated spermatozoa from a patient with primary ciliary dyskinesia: a case report. J Assist Reprod Genet. 2008 Sep-Oct; 25(9-10):437-43.