"Achilles Tendon" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Tendon that connects the muscles in the back of the calf to the HEEL BONE.
| Descriptor ID |
D000125
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.880.176
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| Concept/Terms |
Achilles Tendon- Achilles Tendon
- Tendon, Achilles
- Calcaneal Tendon
- Calcaneal Tendons
- Tendon, Calcaneal
- Tendons, Calcaneal
- Tendo Calcaneus
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Achilles Tendon" by people in Profiles.
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Genome-wide association screens for Achilles tendon and ACL tears and tendinopathy. PLoS One. 2017; 12(3):e0170422.
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[Early functional after-care of surgically treated fresh ruptures of the Achilles tendon]. Zentralbl Chir. 1994; 119(8):545-8.