multiple hamartoma syndrome
An inherited disorder marked by the formation of many noncancerous growths called hamartomas.
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75 matchesneuroendocrine tumor
Neuroendocrine tumors arise from hormone releasing cells scattered throughout the body and can secrete excess hormones causing varied symptoms.
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A substance made by the parathyroid gland that helps the body store and use calcium.
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A substance made by the parathyroid gland that helps the body store and use calcium.
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A synthetic noncalcemic, nonphosphatemic vitamin D analogue.
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Phosphate is a phosphorus-containing ion essential to bone, cell membranes, and the energy molecule ATP, with levels regulated mainly by the kidneys and parathyroid hormone.
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Called the master gland, it takes its own orders from the hypothalamus directly above, which makes the title only half deserved.
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A thiourea derivative with antithyroid property.
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Itching with no rash to explain it shifts attention away from the skin and toward the liver, kidneys, blood and thyroid.
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Iodine carrying a radioactive label, taken up by thyroid cells so that it can either photograph them or destroy them.
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The gap between too little and too much is narrow, and where food was grown largely decides which side people land on.
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An imaging test used to find overactive parathyroid glands (four pea-sized glands found on the thyroid) and breast cancer cells, and to diagnose heart disease.
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A thyroid hormone.
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TPO most often names thrombopoietin, the hormone driving platelet production, though the same abbreviation also names an unrelated thyroid enzyme.
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A rare, inherited disorder that affects the endocrine glands and can cause tumors in the parathyroid and pituitary glands and the pancreas.
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