"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 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Twins" by people in Profiles.
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Alcohol problem recognition and help seeking in adolescents and young adults at varying genetic and environmental risk. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Aug 01; 153:250-7.
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The impact of changes in preterm birth among twins on stillbirth and infant mortality in the United States. J Perinatol. 2014 Nov; 34(11):823-9.
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Head circumferences in twins with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Sep; 43(9):2026-37.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and coronary heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2013 Sep 10; 62(11):979-80.
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Shared genetic contributions to early-onset drinking and drinking to cope motives. Addict Behav. 2012 Oct; 37(10):1176-80.
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Heritability and longitudinal stability of schizotypal traits during adolescence. Behav Genet. 2011 Jul; 41(4):499-511.
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A role for genetics in the immune response to the varicella vaccine. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007 Apr; 26(4):300-5.
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A twin study of erectile dysfunction. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Jan 26; 164(2):165-8.
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Adult female twins' recall of childhood social class and father's education: a validation study for public health research. Am J Epidemiol. 1998 Apr 01; 147(7):704-8.
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Genetic and environmental influences on insulin levels and the insulin resistance syndrome: an analysis of women twins. Am J Epidemiol. 1996 Feb 15; 143(4):323-32.