"Metacarpus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The region of the HAND between the WRIST and the FINGERS.
| Descriptor ID |
D008663
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.378.800.667.572
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metacarpus" by people in Profiles.
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Human evolution. Response to Comment on "Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus". Science. 2015 Jun 05; 348(6239):1101.
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Human evolution. Human-like hand use in Australopithecus africanus. Science. 2015 Jan 23; 347(6220):395-9.
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A comparative study of mini-external fixation systems used to treat unstable metacarpal fractures. Am J Orthop (Belle Mead NJ). 2004 Sep; 33(9):433-8.
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Treatment of nonunions with nonglycosylated recombinant human bone morphogenetic protein-2 delivered from a fibrin matrix. Vet Surg. 2004 Mar-Apr; 33(2):112-8.
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Patients with Van Buchem disease, an osteosclerotic genetic disease, have elevated bone formation markers, higher bone density, and greater derived polar moment of inertia than normal. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Dec; 88(12):5778-83.
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[Osteoid osteoma]. Pol Przegl Chir. 1962 Jul; 34:721-3.