"Metacarpal Bones" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The five cylindrical bones of the METACARPUS, articulating with the CARPAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF FINGERS distally.
| Descriptor ID |
D050279
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A02.835.232.087.319.550
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| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Metacarpal Bones" by people in Profiles.
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Smith SE, Driban JB, Eaton CB, Schaefer LF, Miao QR, Roberts MB, Cauley JA, McAlindon TE, Duryea J. Gender and age differences in the associations between cortical thickness and hand osteoarthritis severity: data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2024 Sep; 32(9):1141-1148.
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Desai SP, Gravallese EM, Shadick NA, Glass R, Cui J, Frits M, Chibnik LB, Maher N, Weinblatt ME, Solomon DH. Hand bone mineral density is associated with both total hip and lumbar spine bone mineral density in post-menopausal women with RA. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2010 Mar; 49(3):513-9.
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Hunter DJ, Zhang Y, Sokolove J, Niu J, Aliabadi P, Felson DT. Trapeziometacarpal subluxation predisposes to incident trapeziometacarpal osteoarthritis (OA): the Framingham Study. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2005 Nov; 13(11):953-7.