"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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 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 Body Composition in Twins and Singletons. JAMA Pediatr. 2025 06 01; 179(6):630-638.
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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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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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Estimated combined cardiac output and laser therapy for twin-twin transfusion syndrome. Echocardiography. 2016 Oct; 33(10):1563-1570.
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Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus infection in twin infants. J Clin Microbiol. 2015 Apr; 53(4):1419-22.
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Cognitive performance and BMI in childhood: Shared genetic influences between reaction time but not response inhibition. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2014 Nov; 22(11):2312-8.