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  2. Monoamniotic twins - Wikipedia

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    Ultrasound is the only way to detect monoamniotic-monochorionic twins before birth. [4] It can show the lack of a membrane between the twins after a couple of weeks' gestation, when the membrane would be visible if present.

  3. Monochorionic twins - Wikipedia

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    The presence of a "T-sign" at the inter-twin membrane-placental junction is indicative of monochorionic-diamniotic twins (that is, the junction between the inter-twin membrane and the external rim forms a right angle), whereas dichorionic twins present with a "lambda (λ) sign" (that is, the chorion forms a wedge-shaped protrusion into the ...

  4. Multiple birth - Wikipedia

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    Twins are by far the most common form of multiple births in humans. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report more than 132,000 sets of twins out of 3.9 million births of all kinds each year, about 3.4%, or 1 in 30. [5] Compared to other multiple births, twin births account for 97% of them in the US. [6]

  5. Twin brothers born conjoined celebrate 1st birthday after ...

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    Conjoined twins occur roughly once in every 35,000 to 80,000 births, according to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, which has performed over 30 conjoined twin separations since the 1950s.

  6. Obstetric ultrasonography - Wikipedia

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    Obstetric ultrasonography, or prenatal ultrasound, is the use of medical ultrasonography in pregnancy, in which sound waves are used to create real-time visual images of the developing embryo or fetus in the uterus (womb).

  7. Hilary Swank Gives Birth to Twins: Inside Her Pregnancy ... - AOL

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    Hilary Swank Gives Birth to Twins -- See Their Sweet First Family Pic . Hilary Swank Posts Ultrasound of 'Million Dollar Baby' Flexing . Hilary Swank Cradles Growing Baby Bump Amid 'Magical' Pregnancy

  8. This Mississippi mom thought she was having twins. It was ...

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    Her first look at the babies was a non-diagnostic ultrasound, also known as a "keepsake ultrasound," at a non-medical facility. Preliminary blood work had indicted they might have twins, so ...

  9. Echogenicity - Wikipedia

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    Obstetric ultrasonography of twins at a gestational age of almost 9 weeks. The mother’s and the twins’ bodies have a higher echogenicity than the amniotic fluid around them. The standard representation is brighter color for higher echogenicity, giving the almost anechoic fluid an almost black appearance.