"Methimazole" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A thioureylene antithyroid agent that inhibits the formation of thyroid hormones by interfering with the incorporation of iodine into tyrosyl residues of thyroglobulin. This is done by interfering with the oxidation of iodide ion and iodotyrosyl groups through inhibition of the peroxidase enzyme.
| Descriptor ID |
D008713
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.489.600 D03.383.129.308.535
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| Concept/Terms |
Methimazole- Methimazole
- 1-Methyl-2-mercaptoimidazole
- 1 Methyl 2 mercaptoimidazole
- Merkazolil
- Tiamazol
- Thiamazole
- Thimazol
- Mercasolyl
- Mercazolyl
- Methymazol
- Methylmercaptoimidazole
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methimazole" by people in Profiles.
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99mTc Sestamibi Thyroid Scan in Amiodarone-Induced Thyrotoxicosis Type I. Clin Nucl Med. 2016 Jul; 41(7):566-7.
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HLA-B*38:02:01 predicts carbimazole/methimazole-induced agranulocytosis. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2016 May; 99(5):555-61.
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Graves' disease presenting with severe cholestasis. Thyroid. 2012 Apr; 22(4):437-9.
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Episodes of thyrotoxicosis in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. Minerva Endocrinol. 2010 Mar; 35(1):35-6.
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Interplay of pregnancy, lactation, and hyperthyroidism leading to severe osteoporosis in a young woman. Endocr Pract. 2001 Jul-Aug; 7(4):262-6.
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Noradrenaline and thyroid function regulate (Na+,K+)-adenosine triphosphatase independently in vivo. Eur J Pharmacol. 1989 Oct 10; 169(2-3):275-83.
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Thyroid hormone and norepinephrine: effects on alpha-2, beta, and reuptake sites in cerebral cortex and heart. J Neural Transm. 1988; 71(3):195-205.