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Medical Subject Headings
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) is a comprehensive controlled vocabulary for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books in the life sciences. It serves as a thesaurus that facilitates searching. Created and updated by the United States N ...
(MeSH), as defined by the
United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).
This list continues the information at
List of MeSH codes (C18). Codes following these are found at
List of MeSH codes (C20). For other MeSH codes, see
List of MeSH codes.
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2006 MeSH Treesfrom the NLM.
– endocrine system diseases
– adrenal gland diseases
– adrenal cortex diseases
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adrenal cortex neoplasms
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adrenocortical adenoma
Adrenocortical adenoma is commonly described as a benign neoplasm emerging from the cells that comprise the adrenal cortex. Like most adenomas, the adrenocortical adenoma is considered a benign tumor since the majority of them are non-functioning ...
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adrenocortical carcinoma
– adrenal gland neoplasms
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adrenal cortex neoplasms
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adrenocortical adenoma
Adrenocortical adenoma is commonly described as a benign neoplasm emerging from the cells that comprise the adrenal cortex. Like most adenomas, the adrenocortical adenoma is considered a benign tumor since the majority of them are non-functioning ...
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adrenocortical carcinoma
– adrenal hyperplasia, congenital
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adrenal insufficiency
Adrenal insufficiency is a condition in which the adrenal glands do not produce adequate amounts of steroid hormones. The adrenal gland normally secretes glucocorticoids (primarily cortisol), mineralocorticoids (primarily aldosterone), and androge ...
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addison disease
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adrenoleukodystrophy
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hypoaldosteronism
Hypoaldosteronism is an endocrinological disorder characterized by decreased levels of the hormone aldosterone. Similarly, isolated hypoaldosteronism is the condition of having lowered aldosterone without corresponding changes in cortisol. (The ...
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waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome
– adrenocortical hyperfunction
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cushing syndrome
Cushing's syndrome is a collection of signs and symptoms due to prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids such as cortisol. Signs and symptoms may include high blood pressure, abdominal obesity but with thin arms and legs, reddish stretch marks, a ...
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hyperaldosteronism
Hyperaldosteronism is a medical condition wherein too much aldosterone is produced by the adrenal glands, which can lead to lowered levels of potassium in the blood (hypokalemia) and increased hydrogen ion excretion (alkalosis).
This cause of min ...
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bartter syndrome
– diabetes mellitus
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diabetes complications
Complications of diabetes mellitus include problems that develop rapidly (acute) or over time (chronic) and may affect many organ systems. The complications of diabetes can dramatically impair quality of life and cause long-lasting disability. Ove ...
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diabetic angiopathies
Diabetic angiopathy is a form of angiopathy associated with diabetic complications. While not exclusive, the two most common forms are diabetic retinopathy and diabetic nephropathy, whose pathophysiologies are largely identical. Other forms of diab ...
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diabetic foot
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diabetic retinopathy
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diabetic coma
Diabetic coma is a life-threatening but reversible form of coma found in people with diabetes mellitus.
Three different types of diabetic coma are identified:
#Severe low blood sugar in a diabetic person
#Diabetic ketoacidosis (usually type 1) ...
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hyperglycemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma
Hyperglycemia is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma. This is generally a blood sugar level higher than 11.1 mmol/L (200 mg/dL), but symptoms may not start to become noticeable until even ...
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diabetic ketoacidosis
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diabetic nephropathies
Diabetic nephropathy, also known as diabetic kidney disease, is the chronic loss of kidney function occurring in those with diabetes mellitus. Diabetic nephropathy is the leading causes of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease ...
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diabetic neuropathies
Diabetic neuropathy is various types of nerve damage associated with diabetes mellitus. Symptoms depend on the site of nerve damage and can include motor changes such as weakness; sensory symptoms such as numbness, tingling, or pain; or autonomic c ...
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diabetic foot
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fetal macrosomia
Large for gestational age (LGA) is a term used to describe infants that are born with an abnormally high weight, specifically in the 90th percentile or above, compared to other babies of the same developmental age. Macrosomia is a similar term tha ...
– diabetes, gestational
– diabetes mellitus, experimental
– diabetes mellitus, type 1
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wolfram syndrome
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diabetes mellitus, type 2
Type 2 diabetes, formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, is a form of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin. Common symptoms include increased thirst, frequent urination ...
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diabetes mellitus, lipoatrophic
– prediabetic state
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dwarfism
Dwarfism is a condition wherein an organism is exceptionally small, and mostly occurs in the animal kingdom. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than , regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dw ...
– congenital hypothyroidism
– dwarfism, pituitary
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laron syndrome
Laron syndrome (LS), also known as growth hormone insensitivity or growth hormone receptor deficiency (GHRD), is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a lack of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1; somatomedin) production in response t ...
– endocrine gland neoplasms
– adrenal gland neoplasms
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adrenal cortex neoplasms
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adrenocortical adenoma
Adrenocortical adenoma is commonly described as a benign neoplasm emerging from the cells that comprise the adrenal cortex. Like most adenomas, the adrenocortical adenoma is considered a benign tumor since the majority of them are non-functioning ...
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adrenocortical carcinoma
– multiple endocrine neoplasia
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multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
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multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2a
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 (also known as "Pheochromocytoma and amyloid producing medullary thyroid carcinoma", "PTC syndrome," and "Sipple syndrome") is a group of medical disorders associated with tumors of the endocrine system. The tum ...
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multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b
– ovarian neoplasms
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granulosa cell tumor
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luteoma
A luteoma is a tumor that occurs in the ovaries during pregnancy.
It is associated with an increase of sex hormones, primarily progesterone and testosterone. The size of the tumor can range from 1 to 25 cm in diameter, but is usually 6 to 10& ...
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meigs syndrome
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sertoli-leydig cell tumor
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thecoma
– pancreatic neoplasms
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adenoma, islet cell
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insulinoma
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carcinoma, islet cell
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gastrinoma
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glucagonoma
Glucagonoma is a very rare tumor of the pancreatic alpha cells that results in the overproduction of the hormone, glucagon. Typically associated with a rash called necrolytic migratory erythema, weight loss, and mild diabetes mellitus, most people ...
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somatostatinoma
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vipoma
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carcinoma, pancreatic ductal
– paraneoplastic endocrine syndromes
– parathyroid neoplasms
– pituitary neoplasms
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acth-secreting pituitary adenoma
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nelson syndrome
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growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma
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prolactinoma
– testicular neoplasms
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sertoli-leydig cell tumor
– thyroid neoplasms
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thyroid nodule
– gonadal disorders
– hypogonadism
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eunuchism
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Kallmann syndrome
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Klinefelter syndrome
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sexual infantilism
Delayed puberty is when a person lacks or has incomplete development of specific sexual characteristics past the usual age of onset of puberty. The person may have no physical or hormone, hormonal signs that puberty has begun. In the United States, ...
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ovarian diseases
The ovary is an organ in the female reproductive system that produces an ovum. When released, this travels down the fallopian tube into the uterus, where it may become fertilized by a sperm. There is an ovary () found on each side of the body. ...
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anovulation
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oophoritis
Oophoritis is an inflammation of the ovaries.
It is often seen in combination with salpingitis (inflammation of the fallopian tubes). It may develop in response to infection. See also
* Pelvic inflammatory disease
Pelvic inflammatory disease, ...
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ovarian cysts
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polycystic ovary syndrome
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ovarian failure, premature
Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) (also called premature ovarian insufficiency, premature menopause, and premature ovarian failure) is the partial or total loss of reproductive and hormonal function of the ovaries before age 40 because of foll ...
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ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
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ovarian neoplasms
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brenner tumor
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carcinoma, endometrioid
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granulosa cell tumor
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luteoma
A luteoma is a tumor that occurs in the ovaries during pregnancy.
It is associated with an increase of sex hormones, primarily progesterone and testosterone. The size of the tumor can range from 1 to 25 cm in diameter, but is usually 6 to 10& ...
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meigs syndrome
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sertoli-leydig cell tumor
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thecoma
– puberty, delayed
– puberty, precocious
– sex differentiation disorders
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adrenogenital syndrome
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freemartinism
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gonadal dysgenesis
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gonadal dysgenesis, 46,xx
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gonadal dysgenesis, 46,xy
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gonadal dysgenesis, mixed
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turner syndrome
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hermaphroditism
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hermaphroditism, true
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pseudohermaphroditism
Pseudohermaphroditism is a condition in which an individual has a matching chromosomal and gonadal tissue (ovary or testis) sex, but mismatching external genitalia.
Female pseudohermaphroditism refers to an individual with ovaries and external gen ...
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androgen-insensitivity syndrome
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hyperandrogenism
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kallmann syndrome
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klinefelter syndrome
– testicular diseases
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cryptorchidism
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orchitis
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testicular neoplasms
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sertoli-leydig cell tumor
– parathyroid diseases
– hyperparathyroidism
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hyperparathyroidism, primary
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hyperparathyroidism, secondary
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renal osteodystrophy
– hypoparathyroidism
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digeorge syndrome
– parathyroid neoplasms
– pituitary diseases
– diabetes insipidus
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diabetes insipidus, neurogenic
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wolfram syndrome
– empty sella syndrome
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hyperpituitarism
Hyperpituitarism is a condition due to the primary hypersecretion of pituitary hormones; it typically results from a pituitary adenoma. In children with hyperpituitarism, disruption of growth regulation is rare, either because of hormone hypersecr ...
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acromegaly
Acromegaly is a disorder that results from excess growth hormone (GH) after the growth plates have closed. The initial symptom is typically enlargement of the hands and feet. There may also be an enlargement of the forehead, jaw, and nose. Other ...
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gigantism
Gigantism ( el, γίγας, ''gígas'', "giant", plural γίγαντες, ''gígantes''), also known as giantism, is a condition characterized by excessive growth and height significantly above average. In humans, this condition is caused by ove ...
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hyperprolactinemia
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pituitary acth hypersecretion
Pituitary ACTH hypersecretion (or Cushing disease) is a form of hyperpituitarism characterized by an abnormally high level of ACTH produced by the anterior pituitary. It is one of the causes of Cushing's syndrome
Cushing's syndrome is a coll ...
– hypopituitarism
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dwarfism, pituitary
– inappropriate adh syndrome
– pituitary apoplexy
– pituitary neoplasms
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acth-secreting pituitary adenoma
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nelson syndrome
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growth hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma
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prolactinoma
– polyendocrinopathies, autoimmune
– thyroid diseases
– euthyroid sick syndromes
– goiter
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goiter, endemic
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goiter, nodular
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goiter, substernal
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Graves' disease
Graves' disease (german: Morbus Basedow), also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. It frequently results in and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. It also often results in an enlarged thyr ...
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Graves' ophthalmopathy
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lingual goiter
– hyperthyroidism
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Graves' disease
Graves' disease (german: Morbus Basedow), also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid. It frequently results in and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism. It also often results in an enlarged thyr ...
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Graves' ophthalmopathy
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thyrotoxicosis
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thyroid crisis
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hyperthyroxinemia
Hyperthyroxinemia is a thyroid disease where the serum levels of thyroxine are higher than expected. Thyroxine or tetraiodothyronine (T4) is produced by the thyroid gland.
The term is sometimes used to refer to hyperthyroidism, but hyperthyroidi ...
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hyperthyroxinemia, familial dysalbuminemic
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thyroid hormone resistance syndrome
Thyroid hormone resistance (also resistance to thyroid hormone (RTH), and sometimes Refetoff syndrome) describes a rare syndrome in which the thyroid hormone levels are elevated but the thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level is not suppressed, o ...
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hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism (also called ''underactive thyroid'', ''low thyroid'' or ''hypothyreosis'') is a disorder of the endocrine system in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormone. It can cause a number of symptoms, such as po ...
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congenital hypothyroidism
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myxedema
– thyroid dysgenesis
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lingual thyroid
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lingual goiter
– thyroid neoplasms
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thyroid nodule
– thyroiditis
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thyroiditis, autoimmune
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hashimoto disease
Hashimoto's thyroiditis, also known as chronic lymphocytic thyroiditis and Hashimoto's disease, is an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is gradually destroyed. Early on, symptoms may not be noticed. Over time, the thyroid may enlarg ...
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postpartum thyroiditis
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thyroiditis, subacute
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thyroiditis, suppurative
– thyrotoxicosis
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thyroid crisis
– tuberculosis, endocrine
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List of MeSH codes (C20).
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