Thyrogen
A form of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) that is made in the laboratory.
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75 matchesthyroglobulin
The scaffold protein on which thyroid hormone is assembled and stored, and the blood marker used to watch for returning thyroid cancer.
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A gland located beneath the larynx (voice box) that makes thyroid hormone and calcitonin.
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Subtype governs almost everything about the outlook, so two people given the same diagnosis on paper can face very different diseases.
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A type of cell in the thyroid.
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A gland located beneath the larynx (voice box) that makes thyroid hormone and calcitonin.
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A hormone that affects heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and weight.
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Treatment with thyroid hormone, which is a hormone that affects heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and weight.
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A hormone produced by the pituitary gland.
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Thyroidectomy removes part or all of the thyroid gland to treat conditions such as nodules, overactive thyroid, or thyroid cancer.
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One name covering several unrelated illnesses, united only by an inflamed thyroid and by hormone levels that often swing before settling.
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A medical doctor who specializes in thyroid diseases.
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A form of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) that is made in the laboratory.
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A rare, aggressive type of thyroid cancer in which the malignant (cancer) cells look very different from normal thyroid cells.
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An autoimmune condition of the thyroid gland (a gland located beneath the larynx).
Read definitionfamilial isolated hyperparathyroidism
A rare inherited condition in which one or more tumors form in the parathyroid glands (four pea-sized organs found on the thyroid) and cause them to make too much parathyroid hormone.
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An inherited form of medullary thyroid cancer (cancer that forms in the cells of the thyroid that make the hormone calcitonin).
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Cancer that forms in follicular cells in the thyroid.
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An autoimmune condition of the thyroid gland (a gland located beneath the larynx).
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Overactive parathyroid glands pulling calcium out of bone and into the blood, often found on a routine test before symptoms appear.
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