"Lower Extremity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The region of the lower limb in animals, extending from the gluteal region to the FOOT, and including the BUTTOCKS; HIP; and LEG.
| Descriptor ID |
D035002
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.378.610
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| Concept/Terms |
Lower Extremity- Lower Extremity
- Extremities, Lower
- Lower Extremities
- Lower Limb
- Limb, Lower
- Limbs, Lower
- Lower Limbs
- Membrum inferius
- Extremity, Lower
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lower Extremity" by people in Profiles.
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Autosomal dominant spinal muscular atrophy with lower extremity predominance: A recognizable phenotype of BICD2 mutations. Muscle Nerve. 2016 09; 54(3):496-500.
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Deletions in PITX1 cause a spectrum of lower-limb malformations including mirror-image polydactyly. Eur J Hum Genet. 2012 Jun; 20(6):705-8.
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Lower extremity compartment syndrome after laparoscopic radical hysterectomy: brief report of an unusual complication of laparoscopic positioning requirements. J Minim Invasive Gynecol. 2011 Jul-Aug; 18(4):531-3.
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Foot differentiation and genomic plasticity in Hydra: lessons from the PPOD gene family. Dev Genes Evol. 2006 Feb; 216(2):57-68.
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