One of these things is not like the others!
Yeah, so. Check out the Wikipedia entry for "vanishing twin" (warning: there's a pic there that some might find squicky). Under "See also", the entry lists "Chimera" (makes sense!), "Mosaicism" (also makes sense!), "parasitic twin" (definitely makes sense!) and... yes, you've guessed it: "Cerebral Palsy".
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Not seeing the correlation between the two.
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Right??
I didn't know there was another version!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7coHS27fYU
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LOL, I'm too old. I have no idea who this person is! :p
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That noted, the Wikipedia article's current incarnation says nothing about about CP I imagine whatever text that prompted adding Cerebral Palsy to the see also list was excised in some past edit.
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The correlation is probably in this article: http://fn.bmj.com/content/87/2/F122.full
Wow! Background: Cerebral palsy is more common in twins than singletons. Among twins, if one twin suffers a fetal death or dies in infancy, the prevalence of cerebral palsy in the surviving co-twin is considerably increased, and those from like-sex pairs are particularly at high risk.
I had no idea! So yeah, it makes sense in that context.
That noted, the Wikipedia article's current incarnation says nothing about about CP I imagine whatever text that prompted adding Cerebral Palsy to the see also list was excised in some past edit.
Ah, that would make sense.
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