Thorax
"Thorax" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The upper part of the trunk between the NECK and the ABDOMEN. It contains the chief organs of the circulatory and respiratory systems. (From Stedman, 25th ed)
| Descriptor ID |
D013909
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.923.761 A02.835.232.904
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| Concept/Terms |
Thorax- Thorax
- Thoraces
- Thorace
- Chest
- Chests
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thorax" by people in Profiles.
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Mortellaro VE, Iqbal CW, Fike FB, Sharp SW, Ostlie DJ, Snyder CL, St Peter SD. The predictive value of Haller index in patients undergoing pectus bar repair for pectus excavatum. J Surg Res. 2011 Sep; 170(1):104-6.
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Vivian JL, Olson EN, Klein WH. Thoracic skeletal defects in myogenin- and MRF4-deficient mice correlate with early defects in myotome and intercostal musculature. Dev Biol. 2000 Aug 01; 224(1):29-41.
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Chadha V, Jones LL, Ramirez ZD, Warady BA. Chest wall peritoneal dialysis catheter placement in infants with a colostomy. Adv Perit Dial. 2000; 16:318-20.
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Holcomb GW. Surgical correction of pectus excavatum. J Pediatr Surg. 1977 Jun; 12(3):295-302.
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HOLCOMB GW, MATSON DD. Thoracic neurenteric cyst. Surgery. 1954 Jan; 35(1):115-21.