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Chest

Known as: thoracics, thoracic region, area thoracic 
The anterior side of the thorax from the neck to the abdomen. The shape of the chest is often regarded as potential insight into a disease process… 
National Institutes of Health

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Acute Rheumatic PericarditisAcute rheumatic heart diseaseAorticopulmonary Septal DefectBronchogenic Carcinoma

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Anterior thoracic region

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Skeletal system

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Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Morphometric X‐Ray Absorptiometry and Morphometric Radiography of the Spine: A Comparison of Prevalent Vertebral Deformity Identification
Prevalent vertebral deformities are associated with a substantially increased risk of subsequent vertebral and nonvertebral… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Thoracic vertebrectomy and reconstruction using a microsurgical thoracoscopic approach.
A video-assisted thoracoscopic microsurgical approach was developed in the laboratory and subsequently used clinically to resect… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
B lymphocyte differentiation induced by lipopolysaccharide. I. Generation of cells synthesizing four major immunoglobulin classes.
Cultured cells from mouse thoracic duct, spleen, lymph node, Peyer's patches, and bone marrow gave rise to cells containing large… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Growth of B-lymphocyte colonies in vitro
In semisolid agar cultures containing mercaptoethanol, cells from the spleen, lymph nodes, marrow, peritoneal cavity, thoracic… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
THE LIFE-SPAN AND RECIRCULATION OF MARROW-DERIVED SMALL LYMPHOCYTES FROM THE RAT THORACIC DUCT
These experiments describe the preparation of pure marrow-derived lymphocyte suspensions from the thoracic duct of thymectomized… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
A LYMPH NODE WEIGHT ASSAY FOR THE GRAFTVERSUS- HOST ACTIVITY OF RAT LYMPHOID CELLS
SUMMARY When parental strain spleen cells or thoracic duct lymphocytes were injected into the feet of F1 hybrid recipients, the… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
MIGRATION OF LYMPHOCYTES AND THYMOCYTES IN THE RAT
The cellular deficit in rats thymectomized at birth is primarily one of circulating small lymphocytes. The lymphocyte deficiency… 
Highly Cited
1962
Highly Cited
1962
Pathogenesis of the coagulation defect developing during pathological plasma proteolytic ("fibrinolytic") states. I. The significance of fibrinogen proteolysis and circulating fibrinogen breakdown…
A clinical syndrome characterized by hypofibrinogenemia, a coagulation defect, often an associated severe hemorrhagic diathesis… 
Review
1961
Review
1961
The use of ionizing radiation as a motivating stimulus.
A review is given on experiments in which ionizing radiation was used as a motivating stimulus to elicit avoidance behavior in… 
Highly Cited
1954
Highly Cited
1954
Lesions of the skeleton and of other mesodermal tissues in rats fed sweet-pea (Lathyrus odoratus) seeds.
Diets containing Lathyrus odoratus seeds fed to rats produce a hitherto unrecognized lesion in the epiphyseal plates. These are… 
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