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Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Perinatal Problems in Multiple Births. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: Nature - Twins and Super-Twins. Aug 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Medscape - Multiple birth. Apr 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Nemours KidsHealth For Parents - Preparing for Multiple Births. Oct 31, 2023
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Perinatal Problems in Multiple Births. Sep 08, 2023
Add new Web site: Baylor College of Medicine - Healthcare: Obstetrics and Gynecology - Multiple Pregnancy. Jul 11, 2023
Add new Web site: WebMD - All About Twins, Triplets, and More. Jan 11, 2023
Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Expecting Twins or Triplets. May 22, 2022
Add new Web site: MSD Manual Consumer Version - Multiple Births. May 22, 2022
Removed media. Mar 21, 2022
Add new Web site: University of Rochester Medical Center - Overview of Multiple Pregnancy. Dec 18, 2019
Added information on twin birth rates in the United States. Oct 04, 2019
Added video. Jan 27, 2016
Add new Web site: WebMd - Multiple Pregnancy. Apr 27, 2014
Add new Web site: MedlinePlus - Twins, Triplets and Multiple Births. Apr 27, 2014
Add new Web site: Patient - Multiple Pregnancy. Apr 27, 2014
Updated to include information on the twin birth rate in the United States in the first decade of the 21st century and to mention the twinning rate among the Yoruba people of Nigeria. Jan 05, 2010
Added a photo of previously conjoined twins and art showing the placental development of identical and fraternal twins. Jan 05, 2010
Added new Web site: Emedicine - Multiple Births. Dec 05, 2007
Added new Web site: Queensland Institute of Medical Research - Multiple births. Dec 05, 2007
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Multiple births. Dec 05, 2007
Article revised. Dec 07, 2001
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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