"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 Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sex
- Dimorphisms, Sex
- Sex Dimorphisms
- Sex Differences
- Difference, Sex
- Differences, Sex
- Sex Difference
- Sexual Dimorphism
- Dimorphism, Sexual
- Dimorphisms, Sexual
- Sexual Dimorphisms
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sex Characteristics" by people in Profiles.
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Self-reported fraud victimization and objectively measured blood pressure: Sex differences in post-fraud cardiovascular health. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2022 11; 70(11):3185-3194.
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Sex Differences in COVID-19 Hospitalization and Mortality. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 05; 30(5):646-653.
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Up-Regulation of the Long Noncoding RNA X-Inactive-Specific Transcript and the Sex Bias in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Am J Pathol. 2021 06; 191(6):1135-1150.
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Sex Differences Remain Under-Reported in Cardiovascular Publications. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2021 09; 30(9):1253-1258.
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Meta-Analysis of the Alzheimer's Disease Human Brain Transcriptome and Functional Dissection in Mouse Models. Cell Rep. 2020 07 14; 32(2):107908.
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The Biology of Sex and Sport. JBJS Rev. 2020 03; 8(3):e0140.
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Ontogenetic changes to bone microstructure in an archaeologically derived sample of human ribs. J Anat. 2020 03; 236(3):448-462.
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Sex differences in Alzheimer's disease and common neuropathologies of aging. Acta Neuropathol. 2018 12; 136(6):887-900.
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Sex and ancestry determine the free-running circadian period. J Sleep Res. 2017 10; 26(5):547-550.
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CT-based morphometric analysis of the occipital condyle: focus on occipital condyle screw insertion. J Neurosurg Spine. 2016 Nov; 25(5):572-579.