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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… 
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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
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Randomized study of CODE versus alternating CAV/EP for extensive-stage small-cell lung cancer: an Intergroup Study of the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group and the Southwest…
PURPOSE To determine whether an intensive weekly chemotherapy regimen plus thoracic irradiation is superior to standard… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles in Lymph and Plasma After Duodenal Administration to Rats
AbstractPurpose. To evaluate the uptake and transport of solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN), which have been proposed as alternative… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Preliminary results of a prospective trial using three dimensional radiotherapy for lung cancer.
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Mortality and Morbidity Rates, Postoperative Course, Quality of Life, and Prognosis After Extended Radical Lymphadenectomy for Esophageal Gancer: Comparison of Three‐Field Lymphadenectomy with Two…
PurposeThe authors evaluated the efficacy of extended radical (three-field) lymphadenectomy for esophageal cancer compared with… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Perioperative total parenteral nutrition in surgical patients.
BACKGROUND We undertook this study to test the hypothesis that perioperative total parenteral nutrition (TPN) decreases the… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Comparison of CI-976, an ACAT inhibitor, and selected lipid-lowering agents for antiatherosclerotic activity in iliac-femoral and thoracic aortic lesions. A biochemical, morphological, and…
Due to the potential importance of acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol O-acyltransferase (ACAT) in the generation of lipid-filled… 
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
1972
Highly Cited
1972
THE SPECIFIC SELECTION OF RECIRCULATING LYMPHOCYTES BY ANTIGEN IN NORMAL AND PREIMMUNIZED RATS
Thoracic duct lymphocytes (TDL) from normal rats will restore a primary antibody response to sheep erythrocytes (SRBC) in… 
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… 
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