Thyroid Gland

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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
MeSH Number(s)	A06.407.900
Concept/Terms	Thyroid Gland Thyroid Gland Gland, Thyroid Glands, Thyroid Thyroid Glands Thyroid Thyroids

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Anatomy [A]
Endocrine System [A06]
Endocrine Glands [A06.407]
Thyroid Gland [A06.407.900]

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Bar chart showing 32 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2003 and 2009

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1993	2	0	2
1995	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2003	3	1	4
2004	1	0	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	2	0	2
2007	0	2	2
2008	1	1	2
2009	2	2	4
2010	0	2	2
2011	1	2	3
2012	1	0	1
2015	1	0	1
2018	0	2	2

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Haddad RI, Nasr C, Bischoff L, Busaidy NL, Byrd D, Callender G, Dickson P, Duh QY, Ehya H, Goldner W, Haymart M, Hoh C, Hunt JP, Iagaru A, Kandeel F, Kopp P, Lamonica DM, McIver B, Raeburn CD, Ridge JA, Ringel MD, Scheri RP, Shah JP, Sippel R, Smallridge RC, Sturgeon C, Wang TN, Wirth LJ, Wong RJ, Johnson-Chilla A, Hoffmann KG, Gurski LA. NCCN Guidelines Insights: Thyroid Carcinoma, Version 2.2018. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2018 12; 16(12):1429-1440.

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Wood CB, Bigcas JL, Alava I, Bischoff L, Langerman A, Kim Y. Papillary-Type Carcinoma of the Thyroglossal Duct Cyst: The Case for Conservative Management. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 2018 Oct; 127(10):710-716.

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HooKim K, Gaitor J, Lin O, Reid MD. Secondary tumors involving the thyroid gland: A multi-institutional analysis of 28 cases diagnosed on fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol. 2015 Nov; 43(11):904-11.

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Intenzo CM, Dam HQ, Manzone TA, Kim SM. Imaging of the thyroid in benign and malignant disease. Semin Nucl Med. 2012 Jan; 42(1):49-61.

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Brenner AV, Tronko MD, Hatch M, Bogdanova TI, Oliynik VA, Lubin JH, Zablotska LB, Tereschenko VP, McConnell RJ, Zamotaeva GA, O'Kane P, Bouville AC, Chaykovskaya LV, Greenebaum E, Paster IP, Shpak VM, Ron E. I-131 dose response for incident thyroid cancers in Ukraine related to the Chornobyl accident. Environ Health Perspect. 2011 Jul; 119(7):933-9.

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Ezzat WH, O'Hara BJ, Fisher KJ, Rosen D, Pribitkin EA. The minimally-invasive thyroidectomy incision: a histological analysis. Med Sci Monit. 2011 Feb; 17(2):SC7-10.

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Franco AT, Malaguarnera R, Refetoff S, Liao XH, Lundsmith E, Kimura S, Pritchard C, Marais R, Davies TF, Weinstein LS, Chen M, Rosen N, Ghossein R, Knauf JA, Fagin JA. Thyrotrophin receptor signaling dependence of Braf-induced thyroid tumor initiation in mice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Jan 25; 108(4):1615-20.

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Vijayakrishnan R, Shields CL, Ramasubramanian A, Emrich J, Rosenwasser R, Shields JA. Irradiation toxic effects during intra-arterial chemotherapy for retinoblastoma: should we be concerned? Arch Ophthalmol. 2010 Nov; 128(11):1427-31.

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Di Cosmo C, Liao XH, Dumitrescu AM, Philp NJ, Weiss RE, Refetoff S. Mice deficient in MCT8 reveal a mechanism regulating thyroid hormone secretion. J Clin Invest. 2010 Sep; 120(9):3377-88.

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Bibbo M. Thyroid fine needle aspiration. Acta Cytol. 2009 Sep-Oct; 53(5):489-90.

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