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Descriptor English: Pregnancy, Twin
Descriptor Spanish: Embarazo Gemelar
Descriptor embarazo gemelar
Scope note: Estado de ser portadora de GEMELOS simultáneamente.
Descriptor Portuguese: Gravidez de Gêmeos
Descriptor French: Grossesse gémellaire
Entry term(s): Pregnancies, Twin
Twin Pregnancies
Twin Pregnancy
Tree number(s): G08.686.784.769.545.253
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D059285
Scope note: The condition of carrying TWINS simultaneously.
Annotation: human only; for animals, use PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE, but see note there; TWINS is also available for the offspring; check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
DE drug effects
EH ethnology
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
PH physiology
PX psychology
RE radiation effects
SN statistics & numerical data
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Twins (1963-2011)
Public MeSH Note: 2012
History Note: 2012
DeCS ID: 54811
Unique ID: D059285
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2012/01/01
Date of Entry: 2011/06/24
Pregnancy, Twin - Preferred
Concept UI M0549217
Scope note The condition of carrying TWINS simultaneously.
Preferred term Pregnancy, Twin
Entry term(s) Pregnancies, Twin
Twin Pregnancies
Twin Pregnancy



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