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*The dogma is that the twins are always monozygotic. | *The dogma is that the twins are always monozygotic. | ||
**There is a case report of an exception.<ref>PMID | **There is a case report of an exception.<ref name=pmid12853583>{{Cite journal | last1 = Redline | first1 = RW. | title = Nonidentical twins with a single placenta--disproving dogma in perinatal pathology. | journal = N Engl J Med | volume = 349 | issue = 2 | pages = 111-4 | month = Jul | year = 2003 | doi = 10.1056/NEJMp030097 | PMID = 12853583 }}</ref> | ||
*Highest risk of TTTS ([[twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome]]). | *Highest risk of TTTS ([[twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome]]). | ||