"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Twins" by people in this website by year, and whether "Twins" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Fetal sex and the development of gestational diabetes mellitus in gravidae with multiple gestation pregnancies. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2023 12; 102(12):1703-1710.
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Fetal growth disorders in twin gestations. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 2023 04 01; 35(2):106-112.
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Speech processing performance of Hungarian-speaking twins and singletons. Clin Linguist Phon. 2023 11 02; 37(11):979-995.
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Timing of Delivery for Twins With Growth Discordance and Growth Restriction: An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis. Obstet Gynecol. 2022 06 01; 139(6):1155-1167.
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Perinatal risk factors of neurodevelopmental impairment after fetoscopic laser photocoagulation for twin-twin transfusion syndrome: systematic review and meta-analysis. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2021 Nov; 58(5):658-668.
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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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Fetal ventricular strain in uncomplicated and selective growth-restricted monochorionic diamniotic twin pregnancies and cardiovascular response in pre-twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2020 11; 56(5):694-704.
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Incidence, Risk Factors for and Outcomes of Transplant-Associated Thrombotic Microangiopathy. Br J Haematol. 2020 06; 189(6):1171-1181.
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Genetic overlap between executive functions and BMI in childhood. Am J Clin Nutr. 2019 10 01; 110(4):814-822.
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MATERNAL ACTIVITY DURING PREGNANCY AND SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC TRAITS IN OFFSPRING. J Biosoc Sci. 2018 Jan; 50(1):114-123.