DeCS

Descriptor English:

Quadruplets

Descriptor Spanish:

Cuádruples

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	cuatrillizos
Scope note:	Cuatro individuos procedentes de cuatro FETOS que han sido fecundados al mismo, o casi al mismo tiempo, que se desarrollan en el ÚTERO de forma simultánea y nacen de la misma madre.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Quadrigêmeos

Descriptor French:

Quadruplés

Entry term(s):

Quadruplées

Tree number(s):

M01.438.486

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011783

Scope note:

Four individuals derived from four FETUSES that were fertilized at or about the same time, developed in the UTERUS simultaneously, and born to the same mother.

Annotation:

human only: for animals use LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY, QUADRUPLET is also available

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
ED enseignement et éducation
GE génétique
HI histoire
LJ législation et jurisprudence
PX psychologie
SN statistiques et données numériques

DeCS ID:

12220

Unique ID:

D011783

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

1966/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01

Revision Date:

2011/06/24