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- Conjoined Twins - Includes two presentations: "Types of Conjoined Twins," which outlines how conjoined twins are classified by the point at which they are joined; and "Social History of Conjoined Twins," an essay detailing the history of conjoined twins, with pictures and case studies.
- Yahoo! Groups: Friends of Conjoined Twins - Discussion group about conjoined twins and those born conjoined. Includes news, photos, links, and discussion of the issues faced by conjoined twins and their families.
- Facts About Multiples: Conjoined Twins - Information on conjoined twins throughout the centuries, records of oldest, fastest separation etc. Diagrams on the types of conjoinment, as well as a list of conjoined twins in the world.
- Yahoo! Groups: Families of Conjoined Twins - A private support and friendship group for families either with or expecting conjoined twins and for families with children who were born conjoined. Owned by Mary Nolan and Melissa Buckles.
- Horizon: Conjoined Twins - Pictures and a transcript of an interview with the conjoined Schappell twins, and the Krivoshylapova twins.
- Joined: The World of Siamese Twins - History of conjoined twins, separation issues, recent cases, photos and profiles of conjoined twins.
- CNN.com: Conjoined Twins and Parents of Conjoined Twins Share Experiences - Transcript of a Larry King Live show, with interviews from the parents of the Stark twins, the Schappell twins as well as a doctor assisting on a separation.
- Twinstuff.com: Conjoined Twins - An essay on the types of conjoined twins, as well as pictures of some famous sets.
- Ratt's Phreeque Show - A collection of pictures and information on various conjoined twins, as well as parasitic twins, the history of conjoined twins in sideshows, as well as other sideshow anomalies.
- About.com: Conjoined Twins - Links to informative sites on conjoined twins, also known as siamese twins.
Wikipedia Articles
- Parasitic twin - A parasitic twin (also known as an asymmetrical or unequal conjoined twin) is the result of the processes that produce vanishing twins and conjoined twins, and may represent a continuum between the two. Parasitic twins occur when a twin embryo begins developing in utero, but the pair does not fully separate, and one embryo maintains dominant development at the expense of the other.
- Siamese twins (English language) - The phrase Siamese twins in the context of the English language refers to a pair or grouping of words that is used together as an idiomatic expression, usually conjoined by the words and or or, and the order of elements cannot be reversed. The expression take it or leave it is an example of Siamese twins.
- Carl and Clarence Aguirre - Clarence and Carl Aguirre (born April 21 2002) are former conjoined twins born in Silay City, Philippines. They were conjoined at the top of the head (vertical craniopagus).
- Half Life (novel) - Half Life is the 2006 debut novel of American writer and artist Shelley Jackson. The novel tells the story of a disenchanted conjoined twin named Nora Olney who plots to have her other twin murdered, and presupposes an alternate history in which the atomic bomb resulted in a genetic preponderance of conjoined twins, who eventually become a minority subculture.
- Vestigial twins - A vestigial twin is a rare form of conjoined (Siamese) twinning or more accurately, of parasitic twinning, where the parasitic 'twin' is so malformed and incomplete that it typically consists of extra limbs or organs. The result is a person with – for example, an extra arm or leg attached to him or her.