"Colon, Descending" 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 segment of LARGE INTESTINE between TRANSVERSE COLON and the SIGMOID COLON.
| Descriptor ID |
D044683
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.356.500 A03.556.249.249.356.500
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colon, Descending" by people in Profiles.
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Pendergrass CJ, Edelstein DL, Hylind LM, Phillips BT, Iacobuzio-Donahue C, Romans K, Griffin CA, Cruz-Correa M, Tersmette AC, Offerhaus GJ, Giardiello FM. Occurrence of colorectal adenomas in younger adults: an epidemiologic necropsy study. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2008 Sep; 6(9):1011-5.