"Skull Fractures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				Fractures of the skull which may result from penetrating or nonpenetrating head injuries or rarely BONE DISEASES (see also FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS). Skull fractures may be classified by location (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR), radiographic appearance (e.g., linear), or based upon cranial integrity (e.g., SKULL FRACTURE, DEPRESSED).
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D012887 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | C10.900.300.918 C26.404.750 C26.915.300.745 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Skull FracturesSkull FracturesFracture, SkullFractures, SkullSkull Fracture
 Skull Fracture, Non-DepressedSkull Fracture, Non-DepressedFracture, Non-Depressed SkullFractures, Non-Depressed SkullNon-Depressed Skull FracturesSkull Fracture, Non DepressedSkull Fractures, Non-DepressedNon-Depressed Skull FractureNon Depressed Skull Fracture
 Linear Skull FractureLinear Skull FractureFractures, Linear SkullLinear Skull FracturesSkull Fractures, LinearSkull Fracture, Linear
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Skull Fractures" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Allison RZ, Nakagawa K, Hayashi M, Donovan DJ, Koenig MA. Derivation of a Predictive Score for Hemorrhagic Progression of Cerebral Contusions in Moderate and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurocrit Care. 2017 02; 26(1):80-86. 
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								Hou R, Chen F, Yang Y, Cheng X, Gao Z, Yang HO, Wu W, Mao T. Comparative study between coral-mesenchymal stem cells-rhBMP-2 composite and auto-bone-graft in rabbit critical-sized cranial defect model. J Biomed Mater Res A. 2007 Jan; 80(1):85-93. 
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								McQuirter JL, Rothenberg SJ, Dinkins GA, Norris K, Kondrashov V, Manalo M, Todd AC. Elevated blood lead resulting from maxillofacial gunshot injuries with lead ingestion. J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2003 May; 61(5):593-603.