"Thyroid Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A highly vascularized endocrine gland consisting of two lobes joined by a thin band of tissue with one lobe on each side of the TRACHEA. It secretes THYROID HORMONES from the follicular cells and CALCITONIN from the parafollicular cells thereby regulating METABOLISM and CALCIUM level in blood, respectively.
Descriptor ID |
D013961
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MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.900
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Concept/Terms |
Thyroid Gland- Thyroid Gland
- Gland, Thyroid
- Glands, Thyroid
- Thyroid Glands
- Thyroid
- Thyroids
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2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thyroid Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Prenatal dioxin exposure and thyroid hormone levels in the Seveso second generation study. Environ Res. 2020 04; 183:109280.
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Thyroid function in end stage renal disease and effects of frequent hemodialysis. Hemodial Int. 2017 10; 21(4):534-541.
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Reduction of orbital inflammation following decompression for thyroid-related orbitopathy. Biomed Res Int. 2013; 2013:794984.
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Thyroid function and mortality in older men: a prospective study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012 Mar; 97(3):862-70.
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Liver and thyroid monitoring in ambulatory patients prescribed amiodarone in 10 HMOs. J Manag Care Pharm. 2006 Oct; 12(8):656-64.
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The key role of newborn thyroid scintigraphy with isotopic iodide (123I) in defining and managing congenital hypothyroidism. Pediatrics. 2004 Dec; 114(6):e683-8.
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Chronology of Graves' ophthalmopathy in an incidence cohort. Am J Ophthalmol. 1996 Apr; 121(4):426-34.