"Osteophyte" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Bony outgrowth usually found around joints and often seen in conditions such as ARTHRITIS.
| Descriptor ID |
D054850
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.116.540.310.800
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| Concept/Terms |
Osteophyte- Osteophyte
- Osteophytes
- Bone Spur
- Bone Spurs
- Spur, Bone
- Spurs, Bone
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Osteophyte" by people in Profiles.
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Relationship between soy milk intake and radiographic knee joint space narrowing and osteophytes. Rheumatol Int. 2016 Sep; 36(9):1215-22.