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In the course of the last 7 years we observed two cases of unequal twins, “thoracopagus parasiticus.” When a conjointed twin is unequal, the smaller member of the conjoined pair is spoken of as a parasite and the more nearly normal one as the autosite [3]. Reports about their anatomy and physiology are lacking in the literature, and therefore an attempt has been made to provide some information on the anatomy and physiology of the parasite.
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Soundrarajan, S., Kalirajan, M. & Subramaniam, T.K. Parasitic twins - new observations. Pediatr Surg Int 9, 448–450 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01686034
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