Epiphyses
"Epiphyses" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The head of a long bone that is separated from the shaft by the epiphyseal plate until bone growth stops. At that time, the plate disappears and the head and shaft are united.
| Descriptor ID |
D004838
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.251
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Epiphyses" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Brown DW, Iorio TJ, Mosher ZA, Beaty JH, Warner WC, Sawyer JR, Spence DD, Sheffer BW, Kelly DM. Intraobserver and Interobserver Reliability of the Peritubercle Lucency Sign in Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis. J Pediatr Orthop. 2021 Mar 01; 41(3):159-163.
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Songy CE, Couch CG, Siegel ER, Kee JR, Ahmadi S. The effect of radial head prosthesis diameter on posterolateral rotatory instability of the elbow. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2018 12; 60:89-94.