"Tibia" 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 second longest bone of the skeleton. It is located on the medial side of the lower leg, articulating with the FIBULA laterally, the TALUS distally, and the FEMUR proximally.
| Descriptor ID |
D013977
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.043.650.883
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Tibia" by people in Profiles.
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Knee pain in a 69-year-old woman. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1999 Mar; (360):265-8, 273-4.
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Screening for peripheral arterial disease: the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of noninvasive tests in a defined population. Am J Epidemiol. 1994 Sep 15; 140(6):526-34.
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Parosteal ossifying lipoma: CT and MR findings. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1993 Jan-Feb; 17(1):147-50.
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Osseous sporotrichosis: CT appearance. Case report. Clin Imaging. 1991 Jan-Mar; 15(1):56-8.
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Cross-linking and new bone collagen synthesis in immobilized and recovering primate osteoporosis. Bone. 1988; 9(6):415-8.