 Sex Characteristics
"Sex Characteristics" 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.
Those characteristics that distinguish one SEX from the other. The primary sex characteristics are the OVARIES and TESTES and their related hormones. Secondary sex characteristics are those which are masculine or feminine but not directly related to reproduction.
| Descriptor ID |
D012727
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Sex Characteristics- Sex Characteristics
- Characteristic, Sex
- Characteristics, Sex
- Sex Characteristic
- Sex Differences
- Difference, Sex
- Differences, Sex
- Sex Difference
- Sex Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sex
- Dimorphisms, Sex
- Sex Dimorphisms
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in this website by year, and whether "Sex Characteristics" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1991 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2006 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2016 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2018 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Kravitz HM. Sex Differences in Grant Funding. JAMA. 2019 08 13; 322(6):578-580.
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Nwabuobi L, Barbosa W, Sweeney M, Oyler S, Meisel T, Di Rocco A, Chodosh J, Fleisher JE. Sex-related differences in homebound advanced Parkinson's disease patients. Clin Interv Aging. 2019; 14:1371-1377.
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Buchman AS, Leurgans SE, VanderHorst VGJM, Nag S, Schneider JA, Bennett DA. Spinal motor neurons and motor function in older adults. J Neurol. 2019 Jan; 266(1):174-182.
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Oveisgharan S, Arvanitakis Z, Yu L, Farfel J, Schneider JA, Bennett DA. Sex differences in Alzheimer's disease and common neuropathologies of aging. Acta Neuropathol. 2018 12; 136(6):887-900.
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Madsen TE, DeCroce-Movson E, Hemendinger M, McTaggart RA, Yaghi S, Cutting S, Furie KL, Saad A, Siket MS, Jayaraman MV. Sex differences in 90-day outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke. J Neurointerv Surg. 2019 Mar; 11(3):221-225.
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Nebel RA, Aggarwal NT, Barnes LL, Gallagher A, Goldstein JM, Kantarci K, Mallampalli MP, Mormino EC, Scott L, Yu WH, Maki PM, Mielke MM. Understanding the impact of sex and gender in Alzheimer's disease: A call to action. Alzheimers Dement. 2018 09; 14(9):1171-1183.
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Volgman AS, Dembowski E, Braun LT. Should Sex Matter When it Comes to High-Intensity Statins? J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 04 24; 71(16):1738-1740.
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Martin E, Keutmann MK, Fogel JS, Maki PM, Gonzalez R, Vassileva J, Rubin LH, Hardy D. Verbal and spatial working memory among drug-using HIV-infected men and women. J Neurovirol. 2018 08; 24(4):488-497.
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Fisher DW, Bennett DA, Dong H. Sexual dimorphism in predisposition to Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2018 10; 70:308-324.
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Davison MA, Ouyang B, Keppetipola KM, Chen M. Arterial diameter and the gender disparity in stroke thrombectomy outcomes. J Neurointerv Surg. 2018 Oct; 10(10):949-952.
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