"Thyroid Gland" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thyroid Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Thyroid and Parathyroid Conditions: Parathyroid Conditions. FP Essent. 2022 Mar; 514:30-38.
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Triiodothyroacetic Acid Cross-Reacts With Measurement of Triiodothyronine (T3) on Various Immunoassay Platforms. Am J Clin Pathol. 2022 02 03; 157(2):156-158.
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Effects of an environmentally relevant PCB-mixture on immune function, clinical chemistry, and thyroid hormone levels in adult female B6C3F1 mice. J Toxicol Environ Health A. 2021 04 03; 84(7):279-297.
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Thyroid Nodules and Thyroid Cancer in Pregnancy. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):365-372.
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Neonatal Thyroid Function and Disorders. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):373-387.
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Maternal and Fetal Thyroid Physiology. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2019 06; 62(2):302-307.
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Assessing impacts of precocious steroid exposure on thyroid physiology and gene expression patterns in the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis). Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2019 01 15; 271:61-72.
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Estimating Thyroid Doses From Modified Barium Swallow Studies. Health Phys. 2018 09; 115(3):360-368.
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DNA Mismatch Repair Deficiency Promotes Genomic Instability in a Subset of Papillary Thyroid Cancers. World J Surg. 2018 02; 42(2):358-366.
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Thyroid Dysfunction in Torsades de Pointes. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 11 01; 177(11):1693.