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11ADCY3 — Adenylate cyclase 3, also known as ADCY3, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: ADCY3 adenylate cyclase 3| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=109| accessdate = ] PBB Summary section… …
12FHL5 — Four and a half LIM domains 5, also known as FHL5, is a human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: FHL5 four and a half LIM domains 5| url = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene Cmd=ShowDetailView TermToSearch=9457| accessdate = ] PBB …
13endocrine system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction group of ductless glands (gland) that regulate body processes by secreting chemical substances called hormones (hormone). Hormones act on nearby tissues or are carried in the bloodstream to act on specific target organs… …
14Plummer's disease — a hyperfunctioning, usually benign, adenoma of the thyroid gland, which can be palpated and appears as a hot nodule on radioactive thyroid scanning. Treatment is to control the nodule with antithyroid drugs and then remove it surgically or… …
15functional adenoma — functioning adenoma a pituitary adenoma that secretes excessive amounts of a hormone; see prolactinoma, corticotroph a., gonadotroph a., growth hormone–secreting a., and thyrotroph a. Called also hyperfunctional or hyperfunctioning a. and… …
16Plummer's disease — a hyperfunctioning, usually benign, adenoma of the thyroid gland, which can be palpated and appears as a ‘hot nodule’ on radioactive thyroid scanning. Treatment is to control the nodule with antithyroid drugs and then remove it surgically or… …
17hot nodule — When radioactive material is used to examine the thyroid with a scanner, nodules that collect more radioactive material than the surrounding thyroid tissue are considered hot. Hot nodules are rarely malignant. Hot nodules are sometimes called… …
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