"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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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Increased abundance of aromatase and follicle stimulating hormone receptor mRNA and decreased insulin-like growth factor-2 receptor mRNA in small ovarian follicles of cattle selected for twin births. J Anim Sci. 2012 Jul; 90(7):2193-200.
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Twin preterm neonates with cardiac toxicity related to lopinavir/ritonavir therapy. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2009 Dec; 28(12):1127-9.
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Ovarian follicular development in cattle selected for twin ovulations and births. J Anim Sci. 2004 Feb; 82(2):459-71.
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Behavior genetic modeling of human fertility: findings from a contemporary Danish Twin Study. Demography. 2001 Feb; 38(1):29-42.
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Concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I in blood and ovarian follicular fluid of cattle selected for twins. Biol Reprod. 1990 Jul; 43(1):8-14.