"Twins, Monozygotic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two off-spring from the same PREGNANCY. They are from a single fertilized OVUM that split into two EMBRYOS. Such twins are usually genetically identical and of the same sex.
| Descriptor ID |
D014430
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| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.438.873.940
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| Concept/Terms |
Twins, Monozygotic- Twins, Monozygotic
- Monozygotic Twin
- Monozygotic Twins
- Twin, Monozygotic
- Twins, Identical
- Identical Twin
- Identical Twins
- Twin, Identical
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins, Monozygotic" by people in Profiles.
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Cardiac Structural and Functional Assessment of Monochorionic Twin Pregnancies Complicated by Type II and Type III Selective Fetal Growth Restriction. Fetal Diagn Ther. 2025; 52(5):439-445.
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Inter-twin differences in fetal echocardiographic findings are associated with decreased dual twin survival in twin-twin transfusion syndrome. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2022 Dec; 35(25):4935-4941.
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Monozygotic twins with non-Down syndrome associated MLL-rearranged hematologic malignancy and megakaryoblastic differentiation. Leuk Lymphoma. 2019 04; 60(4):1083-1086.
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Activity level in the lab: Overlap with shyness indicates it is more than pure motoric activity. Dev Psychol. 2017 09; 53(9):1611-1619.
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Discordant clinical phenotype in monozygotic twins with Alagille syndrome: Possible influence of non-genetic factors. Am J Med Genet A. 2016 Feb; 170A(2):471-475.
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Permanent neonatal diabetes mellitus in monozygotic twins achieving low-dose sulfonylurea therapy. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Jan; 27(1-2):135-8.
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Bigger families fare better: a novel method to estimate rater contrast effects in parental ratings on ADHD symptoms. Behav Genet. 2012 Nov; 42(6):875-85.
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Genetic analysis of reaction time variability: room for improvement? Psychol Med. 2013 Jun; 43(6):1323-33.
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Anesthesia and cognitive performance in children: no evidence for a causal relationship. Are the conclusions justified by the data? Response to Bartels et al., 2009. Twin Res Hum Genet. 2009 Dec; 12(6):611-2; discussion 613-4.
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Separation of genetic influences on attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms and reaction time performance from those on IQ. Psychol Med. 2010 Jun; 40(6):1027-37.