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Metacarpal bone

Known as: Bones, Metacarpal, metacarpus, Metacarpal 
The five cylindrical bones of the METACARPUS, articulating with the CARPAL BONES proximally and the PHALANGES OF FINGERS distally.
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Blood supply aspectsBody partBone structure of upper limbCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location Terminology

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Bone structure of fifth metacarpalBone structure of first metacarpalBone structure of fourth metacarpalBone structure of second metacarpal

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Structure of long bone

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Review
2001
Review
2001
Clinical practice guidelines for the care and treatment of breast cancer: 11. Lymphedema.
OBJECTIVE To provide information and recommendations for women and their physicians when making decisions about the management of… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
The short stature homeobox gene SHOX is involved in skeletal abnormalities in Turner syndrome.
Turner syndrome is characterized by short stature and is frequently associated with a variable spectrum of somatic features… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Split-hand/split-foot malformation is caused by mutations in the p63 gene on 3q27.
Split-hand/split-foot malformation (SHFM), a limb malformation involving the central rays of the autopod and presenting with… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
An anatomic study of the stabilizing ligaments of the trapezium and trapeziometacarpal joint.
We provide a detailed and comprehensive anatomic description of the ligaments stabilizing the trapezium and trapeziometacarpal… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Cyclic administration of pamidronate in children with severe osteogenesis imperfecta.
BACKGROUND Severe osteogenesis imperfecta is a disorder characterized by osteopenia, frequent fractures, progressive deformity… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Bone loss and biochemical indices of bone remodeling in surgically induced postmenopausal women.
Review
1986
Review
1986
Surgical management of basal joint arthritis of the thumb. Part II. Ligament reconstruction with tendon interposition arthroplasty.
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Congenital hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, hypopituitarism, imperforate anus and postaxial polydactyly--a new syndrome? Part I: clinical, causal, and pathogenetic considerations.
We report on six infants with a neonatally lethal malformation syndrome of hypothalamic hamartoblastoma, postaxial polydactyly… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Osteoporosis of the slender smoker. Vertebral compression fractures and loss of metacarpal cortex in relation to postmenopausal cigarette smoking and lack of obesity.
A group of thirty-eight women under age 70 who sustained vertebral compression fractures during minor trauma included more… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Early prenatal attainment of adult metacarpal-phalangeal rankings and proportions.
As shown in 56 human embryos and fetuses between 15 and 104 mm in crown-rump length, "adult" metacarpal-phalangeal length… 
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