10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «XIPHOPAGUS»
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THORACOPAGUS: Thoracopagus is the most common type of conjoined
twinning and, along with omphalopagus/xiphopagus, represents about 75% of
reported cases. Thoracopagus twins lie face to face and share a common
sternum, ...
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Conjoined Twins: Developmental Malformations and Clinical ...
Rathore A H. Conjoint xiphopagus twins. PakJSurg. 1:99-103, 1985. Rathore A H
, Farooq Y. Unusual xiphopagus conjoined twins. JPMA J Pak Med Assoc. 31:
111-113, 1981. Rating B. Uber eine ungewohnliche Gesichts- missbildung bei ...
... blood, and bile flow can be obtained from MRI Site Name Incidence (%) Skull
Craniopagus 2 Thorax Thoracopagus 40 Upper abdomen Xiphopagus 34 Lower
abdomen Omphalopagus Pelvis Ischiopagus 6 Possible shared organs Nervous
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The term used to describe conjoined twins joined at the anterior part of the thorax
, from manubrium sterni to xiphisternum is A. Xiphopagus B. Thoracopagus C.
Thoracoparacephalus D. Pygopagus Ans. B Conjoined twins are termed as ...
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Left-Right Asymmetry in Vertebrate Development
Conjoined twins are popularly known as “Siamese twins” because of the two well
-known brothers, born in (then) Siam in 1811; they were joined at the lower
sternum (xiphopagus), lived for 63 years and even had children. Conjoined twins
...
M.L. López-Gracia, M.A. Ros, 2007
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Mosby's Medical Dictionary
This joint usually ossifies at puberty. Compare manubriosternal articulation.
xiphisternum. See xiphoid process. xipho-, xiphi-, combining form meaning “
sword or xiphoid process”: xiphodymus, xiphoiditis, xiphopagus. xiphodynia /zT'
fOdin'e-o/, ...
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
A xiphopagus is a set of A xiphopagus is a set of conjoined twins linked by a
band of tissue extending from the xiphoid carti- lage. Both of these words come
from a Greek word conjoined twins. meaning 'sword.' X can also stand for any
number ...
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Multiple Pregnancy: Epidemiology, Gestation, and Perinatal ...
The most common type of conjoined twinning, constituting approximately 59% of
all cases, involves conjunction in the mid-body (thoracophagus, xiphopagus,
omphalopagus or some combination thereof). In contrast, unequal conjoined
twins ...
Isaac Blickstein, Louis G. Keith, 2005
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The Cyclopedia of medicine, surgery and specialties
Operable Xiphopagus — At the time Baudouin22 was writing, there was 1 living
case of xiphopagus, the Chinese brothers (Liou-Tang-Sen and Liou- Seng-Sen).
He agreed absolutely with Chapot-Prevost,23 after examining these individuals ...
George Morris Piersol, Edward L. Bortz
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A Clinical manual of the malformations and congenital ...
It is generally very difficult to draw a sharp line of distinction between cases of
thoracopagus and sternopagus.3 In the case of a xiphopagus, there is most
commonly only a band-like union in the region of the xiphoid process of the
sternum.
