"Vulva" 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 external genitalia of the female. It includes the CLITORIS, the labia, the vestibule, and its glands.
| Descriptor ID |
D014844
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A05.360.319.887
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vulva" by people in Profiles.
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Chaisson N, Johnson-Agbakwu CE, Finch A, Salad M, Connor JJ, Chen M, Robinson BBE. Beautiful vulvas: expanding illustrative visual imagery of female genital cutting types. J Sex Med. 2023 10 31; 20(11):1301-1311.
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Abdulcadir J, Abdulcadir O, Caillet M, Catania L, Cuzin B, Ess?n B, Fold?s P, Johnsdotter S, Johnson-Agbakwu C, Nour N, Ouedraogo C, Warren N, Wylomanski S. Clitoral Surgery After Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. Aesthet Surg J. 2017 10 01; 37(9):NP113-NP115.
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Fantasia HC. Treatment of dyspareunia secondary to vulvovaginal atrophy. Nurs Womens Health. 2014 Jun-Jul; 18(3):237-41.
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Stock C, Wang LC, Spigland NA. Untangling a web: an unusual case of labial necrosis in an adolescent female. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2012 Apr; 25(2):e21-e22.
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Komatsu H, Chao MY, Larkins-Ford J, Corkins ME, Somers GA, Tucey T, Dionne HM, White JQ, Wani K, Boxem M, Hart AC. OSM-11 facilitates LIN-12 Notch signaling during Caenorhabditis elegans vulval development. PLoS Biol. 2008 Aug 12; 6(8):e196.
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Harrison MM, Ceol CJ, Lu X, Horvitz HR. Some C. elegans class B synthetic multivulva proteins encode a conserved LIN-35 Rb-containing complex distinct from a NuRD-like complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Nov 07; 103(45):16782-7.
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Ceol CJ, Stegmeier F, Harrison MM, Horvitz HR. Identification and classification of genes that act antagonistically to let-60 Ras signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans vulval development. Genetics. 2006 Jun; 173(2):709-26.
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Karp X, Ambros V. Developmental biology. Encountering microRNAs in cell fate signaling. Science. 2005 Nov 25; 310(5752):1288-9.
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Wang D, Kennedy S, Conte D, Kim JK, Gabel HW, Kamath RS, Mello CC, Ruvkun G. Somatic misexpression of germline P granules and enhanced RNA interference in retinoblastoma pathway mutants. Nature. 2005 Jul 28; 436(7050):593-7.
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Ceol CJ, Horvitz HR. A new class of C. elegans synMuv genes implicates a Tip60/NuA4-like HAT complex as a negative regulator of Ras signaling. Dev Cell. 2004 Apr; 6(4):563-76.