"Head" 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 upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.
| Descriptor ID |
D006257
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A01.456
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Head" by people in Profiles.
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Sedatives used in children to obtain head CT in the emergency department. Am J Emerg Med. 2021 06; 44:198-202.
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Trends in Use of Medical Imaging in US Health Care Systems and in Ontario, Canada, 2000-2016. JAMA. 2019 09 03; 322(9):843-856.
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Maternal Leisure Time Physical Activity and Infant Birth Size. Epidemiology. 2016 Jan; 27(1):74-81.
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Head circumferences in twins with and without Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Autism Dev Disord. 2013 Sep; 43(9):2026-37.
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ONJ in two dental practice-based research network regions. J Dent Res. 2011 Apr; 90(4):433-8.
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Influence of maternal asthma and asthma severity on newborn morphometry. J Asthma. 2010 Mar; 47(2):145-9.
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Chiari type I malformation in a pediatric population. Pediatr Neurol. 2009 Jun; 40(6):449-54.
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 19-2008. A 63-year-old HIV-positive man with cutaneous Merkel-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2008 Jun 19; 358(25):2717-23.
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Head computed tomography findings predict short-term stroke risk after transient ischemic attack. Stroke. 2003 Dec; 34(12):2894-8.
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Head circumference and incident Alzheimer's disease: modification by apolipoprotein E. Neurology. 2001 Oct 23; 57(8):1453-60.