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    Conjoined twins, popularly referred to as Siamese twins, are twins joined in utero. It is a very rare phenomenon, estimated to occur in anywhere between...
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    Re A (conjoined twins) [2001] 2 WLR 480 is a Court of Appeal (England and Wales) decision on the separation of conjoined twins. The case raised legal and...
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    that also produces vanishing twins and conjoined twins, and may represent a continuum between the two. In parasitic twins, one ceases development during...
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    each twin). Conjoined twins appear in one in 50,000 to one in 100,000 births. Dicephalic twins represent about 11 percent of all conjoined twins. As late...
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  • American conjoined twins. They are dicephalic parapagus twins (having two heads joined to one torso), and are highly symmetric for conjoined twins. Each...
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  • demonstrated that a successful outcome is possible. Among all conjoined twins, craniopagus twins account for a mere 2% to 6%. The first classification system...
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    Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can be either monozygotic ('identical'), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which...
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  • – 4 April 1992) and Eilish Holton (born 24 August 1988) were Irish conjoined twins born to Mary and Liam Holton of Donadea, County Kildare. They were...
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    Abdulaziz Al Saud concerning Malaysian conjoined twins, Ahmed and Mohammed. Al Rabeeah performed the surgery on the twins in September 2002. The numerous surgical...
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    The Siamese Twins, The Hilton Sisters and The Brighton Twins or The Brighton Conjoined Twins and in the United States as the San Antonio Twins. The sisters...
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