DeCS

Descriptor English:

Twins, Conjoined

Descriptor Spanish:

Gemelos Siameses

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	gemelos siameses
Entry term(s)	gemelos unidos siameses
Scope note:	GEMELOS MONOCIGÓTICOS que están unidos dentro del útero. Pueden estar ambos bien desarrollados y compartir solo una conexión superficial, con frecuencia en el plano frontal, transverso o sagital del cuerpo, o bien compartir una duplicación parcial de una estructura corporal. Alternativamente, puede haber un gemelo de pequeño tamaño e incompletamente desarrollado junto a otro de mayor tamaño y mejor desarrollado.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Gêmeos Unidos

Descriptor French:

Enfants siamois

Entry term(s):

Conjoined Twin
Conjoined Twins
Siamese Twin
Siamese Twins
Twin, Conjoined
Twin, Siamese
Twins, Siamese

Tree number(s):

C16.131.085.806

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014428

Scope note:

MONOZYGOTIC TWINS who are joined in utero. They may be well developed and share only a superficial connection, often in the frontal, transverse or sagittal body plane, or they may share a partial duplication of a body structure. Alternatively, there may be a small and incompletely developed twin conjoined to a larger, more fully developed twin.

Allowable Qualifiers:

CL classification
EM embryology
PA pathology
PP physiopathology
PX psychology
SU surgery

Public MeSH Note:

History Note:

DeCS ID:

14827

Unique ID:

D014428

NLM Classification:

QS 675

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:

2015/12/16

DISEASES

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities

Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]

Congenital Abnormalities

Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid [C16.131.085]

Abnormalities, Severe Teratoid

Anencephaly [C16.131.085.197]

Anencephaly

Twins, Conjoined [C16.131.085.806]

Twins, Conjoined

Twins, Conjoined - Preferred

Concept UI	M0022176
Scope note	MONOZYGOTIC TWINS who are joined in utero. They may be well developed and share only a superficial connection, often in the frontal, transverse or sagittal body plane, or they may share a partial duplication of a body structure. Alternatively, there may be a small and incompletely developed twin conjoined to a larger, more fully developed twin.
Preferred term	Twins, Conjoined
Entry term(s)	Conjoined Twin Conjoined Twins Siamese Twin Siamese Twins Twin, Conjoined Twin, Siamese Twins, Siamese

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