"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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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11 | 19 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Two leading international congresses in Iran in the era of COVID-19: 21st royan international twin congress, 4th international and 16th Iranian genetics congress. Bioessays. 2021 06; 43(6):e2100078.
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Fear and depression linked to COVID-19 exposure A study of adult twins during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychiatry Res. 2021 02; 296:113699.
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Estimates of the rate of infection and asymptomatic COVID-19 disease in a population sample from SE England. J Infect. 2020 12; 81(6):931-936.
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Perceived change in physical activity levels and mental health during COVID-19: Findings among adult twin pairs. PLoS One. 2020; 15(8):e0237695.
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Invasive mechanical ventilation in a former preterm infant with COVID-19. Acta Paediatr. 2020 Oct; 109(10):2141-2143.
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[Twin girls infected with SARS-CoV-2]. Zhongguo Dang Dai Er Ke Za Zhi. 2020 Mar; 22(3):221-225.
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Russian 'CRISPR-baby' scientist has started editing genes in human eggs with goal of altering deaf gene. Nature. 2019 10; 574(7779):465-466.
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Intertwin birthweight discordance and parental race: a retrospective cohort study. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2021 Jan; 34(2):293-299.
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Effects of antenatal corticosteroids in twin neonates with late preterm birth (ACTWIN [Antenatal Corticosteroids in TWIN late preterm neonates] trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2019 Apr 03; 19(1):114.
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The CRISPR-baby scandal: what's next for human gene-editing. Nature. 2019 02; 566(7745):440-442.