"Duodenum" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The shortest and widest portion of the SMALL INTESTINE adjacent to the PYLORUS of the STOMACH. It is named for having the length equal to about the width of 12 fingers.
| Descriptor ID |
D004386
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.684.124 A03.556.875.249
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| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Duodenum" by people in Profiles.
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Delayed gastrointestinal-associated lymphoid tissue reconstitution in duodenum compared with rectum in HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy. AIDS. 2019 12 01; 33(15):2289-2298.
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Loss of Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Leads to Distinct Chronic Changes in Bone Phenotype. J Surg Res. 2018 12; 232:325-331.
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Tissue Pharmacologic and Virologic Determinants of Duodenal and Rectal Gastrointestinal-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Immune Reconstitution in HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy. J Infect Dis. 2017 10 17; 216(7):813-818.
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Retroperitoneal Sarcoma Target Volume and Organ at Risk Contour Delineation Agreement Among NRG Sarcoma Radiation Oncologists. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2015 Aug 01; 92(5):1053-1059.
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Conversion of vertical banded gastroplasty to stand-alone sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch. J Gastrointest Surg. 2013 Apr; 17(4):805-8.
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Mastocytic enterocolitis: increased mucosal mast cells in chronic intractable diarrhea. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006 Mar; 130(3):362-7.
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Evaluation of the postoperative stomach and duodenum. Radiographics. 1994 Jan; 14(1):67-86.
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Double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study of duodenal infusion of levodopa/carbidopa in Parkinson's disease patients with 'on-off' fluctuations. Neurology. 1993 Sep; 43(9):1698-703.
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Human anal motility while fasting, after feeding, and during sleep. Gastroenterology. 1991 Apr; 100(4):1016-23.
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Pyloric and gastric preserving pancreatic resection. Experience with 87 patients. Ann Surg. 1986 Oct; 204(4):411-8.