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| Predicate | Object |
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| rdf:type | |
| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
1
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1983-11-23
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Thirty-one sets of conjoined twins were born in Southern Africa during the period February 1974 to May 1982 with a striking increase in incidence in 1974 and 1975. There was no ethnic or social predilection, but clustering of cases occurred in a remote area of Zimbabwe. No aetiological agent was discovered, and there was no seasonal variation in the time of conception. Female conjoined twins accounted for 62% of cases, and twenty sets were of the thoracopagus type. Four pairs were separated, three of which were of the xiphopagus subtype and have survived.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jul
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| pubmed:issn |
0009-9163
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
24
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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| pubmed:pagination |
15-21
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Africa, Southern,
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Epidemiologic Methods,
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Infant, Newborn,
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Space-Time Clustering,
pubmed-meshheading:6616941-Twins, Conjoined
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| pubmed:year |
1983
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
The epidemiology of conjoined twinning in Southern Africa.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Comparative Study,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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