"Scorpions" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Arthropods of the order Scorpiones, of which 1500 to 2000 species have been described. The most common live in tropical or subtropical areas. They are nocturnal and feed principally on insects and other arthropods. They are large arachnids but do not attack man spontaneously. They have a venomous sting. Their medical significance varies considerably and is dependent on their habits and venom potency rather than on their size. At most, the sting is equivalent to that of a hornet but certain species possess a highly toxic venom potentially fatal to humans. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Smith, Insects and Other Arthropods of Medical Importance, 1973, p417; Barnes, Invertebrate Zoology, 5th ed, p503)
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D012605
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.166.661
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scorpions" by people in Profiles.
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What's eating you? bark scorpions (Centruroides exilicauda and Centruroides sculpturatus). Cutis. 2020 May; 105(5):239-240.
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What's eating you? the South African fattail scorpion revisited. Cutis. 2019 Oct; 104(4):217-219.
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What's eating you? Flat rock scorpion (Hadogenes granulatus). Cutis. 2007 Apr; 79(4):273-4.
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What's eating you? Plain eastern stripeless scorpion (Vaejovis carolinianus). Cutis. 2006 Dec; 78(6):393-4.
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What's eating you? Common striped bark scorpion (Centruroides vittatus). Cutis. 2006 Oct; 78(4):233-4.
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What's eating you? The South African fattail scorpion (Parabuthus transvaalicus). Cutis. 2005 Nov; 76(5):299-300.
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Life-threatening stings, bites, infestations, and parasitic diseases. Clin Dermatol. 2005 Mar-Apr; 23(2):164-70.
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Epilepsy due to a destructive brain lesion caused by a scorpion sting. Arch Neurol. 2004 Aug; 61(8):1294-6.
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Zinc is incorporated into cuticular "tools" after ecdysis: the time course of the zinc distribution in "tools" and whole bodies of an ant and a scorpion. J Insect Physiol. 2003 Jan; 49(1):31-44.