MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Multiple Birth Offspring
Tree Number(s): M01.438
Unique ID: D009099
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009099
Annotation: note specifics; human & animal; for animals, consider also LITTER SIZE
Scope Note: The offspring in multiple pregnancies (PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE): TWINS; TRIPLETS; QUADRUPLETS; QUINTUPLETS; etc.
Entry Term(s): Multiple Birth; Multiple Births; Sextuplets
Previous Indexing: Pregnancy, Multiple (1966-1997); specific multiple birth (1966-1997)
Public MeSH Note: 98
History Note: 98; use explode 1975-97
Date Established: 1998/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2011/06/24

Allowable Qualifiers: classification (CL)

education (ED)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

Multiple Birth Offspring MeSH Descriptor Data 2024