"Colon, Transverse" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The segment of LARGE INTESTINE between ASCENDING COLON and DESCENDING COLON. It passes from the RIGHT COLIC FLEXURE across the ABDOMEN, then turns sharply at the left colonic flexure into the descending colon.
| Descriptor ID |
D044684
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.124.526.356.834 A03.556.249.249.356.834
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Colon, Transverse" by people in Profiles.
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Right-sided Colonic Juvenile Polyp [Polyps] in Paediatric Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis Patients. J Crohns Colitis. 2018 Nov 15; 12(11):1375-1376.
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Microbiota separation and C-reactive protein elevation in treatment-na?ve pediatric granulomatous Crohn disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2012 Sep; 55(3):243-50.
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Technique for pure transverse colon continent cutaneous urinary diversion. Urology. 2007 Jan; 69(1):173-4.