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    Monochorionic twins are monozygotic (identical) twins that share the same placenta. If the placenta is shared by more than two twins (see multiple birth)...
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    Monoamniotic twins are always monochorionic and are usually termed Monoamniotic-Monochorionic ("MoMo" or "Mono Mono") twins. They share the placenta, but...
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    Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can be either monozygotic ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which...
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    sequence (TOPS) and stuck twin syndrome, is a complication of monochorionic multiple pregnancies (the most common form of identical twin pregnancy) in which...
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  • the offspring resulting in monozygotic monochorionic twins. Since the zygote of monozygotic monochorionic twins occurs after the establishment of an axis...
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    basalis. Monochorionic twins are twins that share the same placenta. This occurs in 0.3% of all pregnancies, and in 75% of monozygotic (identical) twins, when...
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    Twin anemia-polycythemia sequence (TAPS) is a chronic type of unbalanced fetal transfusion in monochorionic twins that results in polycythemia in the...
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  • a young woman gave birth to diamniotic monochorionic twins, who were originally assumed to be monozygotic twins until a paternity suit led to a DNA test...
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    These complications particularly arise in the case of monochorionic twins, where identical twins share the same placenta. Velamentous cord insertion occurs...
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    Twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence, also called TRAP sequence, TRAPS, or acardiac twinning, is a rare complication of monochorionic twin pregnancies...
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    twins at 38 weeks, and monochorionic twins (identical twins sharing a placenta) by 37 weeks due to the increased risk of stillbirth in monochorionic twins...
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    Conjoined twins, popularly referred to as Siamese twins, are twins joined in utero. It is a very rare phenomenon, estimated to occur in anywhere between...
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    Martinez, Tania Leme da (2022-04-30). "Successful Palliation in Monochorionic Twins with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome". Cardiology Research and Reports...
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  • or caput medusae. Circulatory anastomoses between monochorionic twins may result in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. Johnson, DR. "Introductory Anatomy:...
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    syndrome Monoamniotic twins Prelabor rupture of membranes Obstetrical bleeding Antepartum placenta Circumvallate placenta Monochorionic twins Placenta accreta...
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    of having twins by passing on a copy of the hyperovulation gene to them. Monozygotic (identical) twins do not run in families. The twinning is random...
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    is monochorionic twin pregnancies, involving the death of one twin in the second trimester, which in turn causes vascular exchange to the living twin through...
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  • pregnancy), and pregnancies with monoamniotic twins. If locked twins are diagnosed in early delivery, before either twin is born, both fetuses can be delivered...
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    "Pregnancy loss after chorionic villus sampling and genetic amniocentesis in twin pregnancies: a systematic review". Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology...
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  • Center for Health Statistics. Furthermore, between 1980 and 1998, rates of twin births increased about 50 percent overall and 1,000 percent among women ages...
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  • syndrome Monoamniotic twins Prelabor rupture of membranes Obstetrical bleeding Antepartum placenta Circumvallate placenta Monochorionic twins Placenta accreta...
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  • syndrome Monoamniotic twins Prelabor rupture of membranes Obstetrical bleeding Antepartum placenta Circumvallate placenta Monochorionic twins Placenta accreta...
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    Ischiopagi (category Conjoined twins)
    thirteenth days should result in a monochorionic, monoamniotic identical twins sharing a yolk sac. If separation of the twins occur in the later stages of development...
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  • manga and anime series Boku no Hero Academia Monochorionic-monoamniotic, presentation of identical twins MOMO syndrome, a rare genetic disorder Momo (software)...
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    (2004-12-01). "Blood lymphocyte chimerism associated with IVF and monochorionic dizygous twinning: Case report". Human Reproduction. 19 (12): 2816–2821. doi:10...
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  • among identical twins, that is, monochorionic identical twins display less IQ variance one from another than do dichorionic identical twins. There is weak...
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  • "Pregnancy loss after chorionic villus sampling and genetic amniocentesis in twin pregnancies: a systematic review". Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology...
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  • possible in twin studies to eliminate effects of the shared womb environment, although studies comparing twins who experience monochorionic and dichorionic...
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    case of twins, dichorionic placentation refers to the presence of two placentas (in all dizygotic and some monozygotic twins). Monochorionic placentation...
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  • unit due to lack of oxygen after his identical twin brother Gary "fed on him in the womb" in a monochorionic pregnancy. Hall and his brother attended West...
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