"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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| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 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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Primary Thyroid Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma (MEC) Is Clinically, Prognostically, and Molecularly Different from Sclerosing MEC with Eosinophilia: A Multicenter and Integrated Study. Endocr Pathol. 2023 Mar; 34(1):100-111.
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Primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid treated with concurrent chemoradiation and palliative immunotherapy: a case report. J Med Case Rep. 2022 Oct 05; 16(1):364.
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Application of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology in the Pediatric Population. Am J Clin Pathol. 2021 04 26; 155(5):680-689.
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The Use of the Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology in Pediatric Thyroid Nodules: A Meta-Analysis. Thyroid. 2021 08; 31(8):1203-1211.
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Thyroid autoantibodies: to treat or not to treat? Fertil Steril. 2020 12; 114(6):1185-1186.
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Differences in surgical resection rate and risk of malignancy in thyroid cytopathology practice between Western and Asian countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Cancer Cytopathol. 2020 04; 128(4):238-249.
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Cytologic findings of spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like elements. Laryngoscope. 2018 02; 128(2):E78-E82.
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Congenital hypothyroidism and thyroid dyshormonogenesis: a case report of siblings with a newly identified mutation in thyroperoxidase. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2016 May 01; 29(5):627-31.
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Clinicopathologic predictors of thyroid bed recurrence of differentiated thyroid cancer using ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsies. Thyroid. 2013 Aug; 23(8):982-8.
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Level V in therapeutic neck dissections for papillary thyroid carcinoma. Head Neck. 2013 Apr; 35(4):605-7.