"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Thyroid Gland" by people in this website by year, and whether "Thyroid Gland" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2005 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Thyroid Gland" by people in Profiles.
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Composition and Priorities of Multidisciplinary Pediatric Thyroid Programs: A Consensus Statement. Thyroid. 2025 Apr; 35(4):346-356.
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The Association Between Thyroid Differentiation Score and Survival Outcomes in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Jan 21; 110(2):356-363.
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Intraoperative Identification of Thyroid and Parathyroid Tissues During Human Endocrine Surgery Using the MasSpec Pen. JAMA Surg. 2023 10 01; 158(10):1050-1059.
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Optimization of Opioid Discharge Prescriptions Following Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2023 Jul; 169(1):176-184.
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Scarless Surgery: Clinical Indications for Transoral Endocrine Surgery and Implications for Pathologists. Surg Pathol Clin. 2023 Mar; 16(1):163-166.
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Correlation of Levator-Muller's Complex Thickness on Ultrasound Biomicroscopy to Botulinum Toxin A Injection in Thyroid-Related Upper Eyelid Retraction. J Ultrasound Med. 2023 Feb; 42(2):399-408.
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Comparative Effectiveness of Levothyroxine, Desiccated Thyroid Extract, and Levothyroxine+Liothyronine in Hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 10 21; 106(11):e4400-e4413.
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Clinical Translation and Evaluation of a Handheld and Biocompatible Mass Spectrometry Probe for Surgical Use. Clin Chem. 2021 09 01; 67(9):1271-1280.
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The Role of Thyroid in Renovascular Function: Independent Association of Serum TSH With Renal Plasma Flow. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2021 08 18; 106(9):e3327-e3334.
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Out-of-Pocket Costs for Patients Undergoing Thyroid Surgery. Ann Surg. 2022 12 01; 276(6):e937-e943.