"Thyrotoxicosis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A hypermetabolic syndrome caused by excess THYROID HORMONES which may come from endogenous or exogenous sources. The endogenous source of hormone may be thyroid HYPERPLASIA; THYROID NEOPLASMS; or hormone-producing extrathyroidal tissue. Thyrotoxicosis is characterized by NERVOUSNESS; TACHYCARDIA; FATIGUE; WEIGHT LOSS; heat intolerance; and excessive SWEATING.
| Descriptor ID |
D013971
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C19.874.397.685
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thyrotoxicosis" by people in Profiles.
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No Effect of Levothyroxine and Levothyroxine-Induced Subclinical Thyrotoxicosis on the Pharmacokinetics of Sorafenib in Healthy Male Subjects. Thyroid. 2017 09; 27(9):1118-1127.
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H?rthle cell carcinoma of the thyroid presenting as thyrotoxicosis. Endocr Pract. 2012 Jan-Feb; 18(1):e5-9.
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Multinodular goiter. Otolaryngol Clin North Am. 2003 Feb; 36(1):35-54.
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The pathology of intrauterine thyrotoxicosis: two case reports. Obstet Gynecol. 1988 Sep; 72(3 Pt 2):479-81.