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Article: CONJOINED TWINS BORN IN COLORADO.(Local)

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April 25, 2001
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Byline: Tillie Fong News Staff Writer

Conjoined twins were born in Colorado last month, officials of Kaiser Permanente and St. Joseph Hospital said Tuesday.

The girls - Lexi and Syd - were born in March and are under the care of Kaiser doctors.

``The family has asked that we not release any information,'' hospital spokeswoman Ashley Robinson said. ``They are not here anymore.''

Conjoined twins are rare - about one in every 60,000 births. About 60 percent of such births are girls, and most are stillborn.

``The family is wanting to tell their story the way they have chosen,'' Kaiser spokeswoman Jackie Murphy said. ``It will be ...

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