I will introduce a modified version of theconjoinedtwinscase and walk the reader through four possible judgments one may make concerning both versions.
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I believe it is plausible to see theconjoinedtwinsas sharing a single body.
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If the cell division of the twins was late, just beforeconjoinedtwinswould occur, a single yolk sac would be apparent on the sonogram.
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Malformations inconjoinedtwinscan be primary, involving non-conjoined organs, or secondary when they affect the conjoined structures.
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Many people would find it less objectionable to separate youngerconjoinedtwinsthan to separate olderconjoinedtwins.
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Whether theconjoinedtwinsshare one may ultimately be a matter of judgment, but if they do not, who does?
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Conjoinedtwins, right atrial isomerism, and sequential segmental analysis.
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Separation of thoraco-omphalopagusconjoinedtwins.
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Among this small group, cephalic conjoining, or craniopagus twinning, represents the rarest of congenital abnormalities only accounting for 2-6% of allconjoinedtwins.
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Some theorists suggested thatconjoinedtwinsdevelop as a result of the failed fusion of a single fertilized ovum.
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This published history suggests thatconjoinedtwins, and in specific craniopagus twins, were viewed as literal monsters during that era.
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Unlikeconjoinedtwins, one ceases development during gestation and is vestigial to a mostly fully formed, otherwise healthy individual twin.
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The identical twin siblings wrote, directed and starred in the tale ofconjoinedtwins.
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Mostconjoinedtwinsare now evaluated for surgery to attempt to separate them into separate functional bodies.
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Many additional body parts form by the same process asconjoinedtwins: the zygote begins to split but fails to completely separate.
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