Conjoined twins: A worldwide collaborative epidemiological study of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research

M. Mutchinick, Osvaldo; Luna‐Muñoz, Leonora; Amar, Emmanuelle; K. Bakker, Marian; Clementi, Maurizio; Cocchi, Guido; da Graça Dutra, Maria; L. Feldkamp, Marcia; Landau, Danielle; Leoncini, Emanuele; Li, Zhu; Lowry, Brian; K. Marengo, Lisa; Martínez‐Frías, María‐Luisa; Mastroiacovo, Pierpaolo; Métneki, Julia; Morgan, Margery; Pierini, Anna; Rissman, Anke; Ritvanen, Annukka; Scarano, Gioacchino; Siffel, Csaba; Szabova, Elena; Arteaga‐Vázquez, Jazmín

doi:10.1002/ajmg.c.30321

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Conjoined twins: A worldwide collaborative epidemiological study of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defects Surveillance and Research

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Osvaldo M. Mutchinick

Leonora Luna‐Muñoz

Emmanuelle Amar

Abstract

Abstract Conjoined twins (CT) are a very rare developmental accident of uncertain etiology. Prevalence has been previously estimated to be 1 in 50,000 to 1 in 100,000 births. The process by which monozygotic twins do not fully separate but form CT is not well understood. The purpose of the present s...

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