 Parathyroid Glands
"Parathyroid Glands" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Two pairs of small oval-shaped glands located in the front and the base of the NECK and adjacent to the two lobes of THYROID GLAND. They secrete PARATHYROID HORMONE that regulates the balance of CALCIUM; PHOSPHORUS; and MAGNESIUM in the body.
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D010280
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A06.407.560
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| Concept/Terms |
Parathyroid Glands- Parathyroid Glands
- Gland, Parathyroid
- Glands, Parathyroid
- Parathyroid Gland
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Parathyroid Glands" by people in Profiles.
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Kim IA, Taylor ZD, Cheng H, Sebastian C, Maccabi A, Garritano J, Tajudeen B, Razfar A, Palma Diaz F, Yeh M, Stafsudd O, Grundfest W, St John M. Dynamic Optical Contrast Imaging. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 03; 156(3):480-483.
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Keutgen XM, Nilubol N, Agarwal S, Welch J, Cochran C, Marx SJ, Weinstein LS, Simonds WF, Kebebew E. Reoperative Surgery in Patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 Associated Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Ann Surg Oncol. 2016 12; 23(Suppl 5):701-707.
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Hughes DT, Sorensen MJ, Miller BS, Cohen MS, Gauger PG. The biochemical severity of primary hyperparathyroidism correlates with the localization accuracy of sestamibi and surgeon-performed ultrasound. J Am Coll Surg. 2014 Nov; 219(5):1010-9.
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Cohen MS, Dilley WG, Wells SA, Moley JF, Doherty GM, Sicard GA, Skinner MA, Norton JA, DeBenedetti MK, Lairmore TC. Long-term functionality of cryopreserved parathyroid autografts: a 13-year prospective analysis. Surgery. 2005 Dec; 138(6):1033-40; discussion 1040-1.
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Weber KJ, Misra S, Lee JK, Wilhelm SW, DeCresce R, Prinz RA. Intraoperative PTH monitoring in parathyroid hyperplasia requires stricter criteria for success. Surgery. 2004 Dec; 136(6):1154-9.
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Quiros RM, Warren W, Prinz RA. Excision of a mediastinal parathyroid gland with use of video-assisted thoracoscopy, intraoperative 99mTc-sestamibi scanning, and intraoperative monitoring of intact parathyroid hormone. Endocr Pract. 2004 Jan-Feb; 10(1):45-8.
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Mudun A, Kocak M, Unal S, Cantez S. Tc-99m MIBI accumulation in remnant thymus. A cause of false-positive interpretation in parathyroid imaging. Clin Nucl Med. 1995 Apr; 20(4):379-80.
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