"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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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 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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Thyroid Status, Quality of Life, and Mental Health in Patients on Hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2017 Aug 07; 12(8):1274-1283.
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The relationship between thyroid function and estimated glomerular filtration rate in patients with chronic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2015 Feb; 30(2):282-7.
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Thyroid fine-needle aspiration: does case volume affect diagnostic yield and interpretation? Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2011 Nov; 137(11):1136-9.
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Presence of thyroid antibodies in early reproductive failure: biochemical versus clinical pregnancies. Fertil Steril. 1995 Feb; 63(2):277-81.
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Lysosomal functions in cellular activation: propagation of the actions of hormones and other effectors. Int Rev Cytol. 1984; 88:1-302.