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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Thymus Hyperplasia
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Descriptor Spanish:
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hiperplasia del timo
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Hiperplasia do Timo
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Synonyms English:
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Gland Hyperplasia, Thymus
Gland Hyperplasias, Thymus
Hyperplasia of Thymus Gland
Hyperplasia, Thymic
Hyperplasia, Thymus
Hyperplasias, Thymic
Thymic Hyperplasia
Thymic Hyperplasias
Thymus Gland Hyperplasia
Thymus Gland Hyperplasias
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Tree Number:
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C15.604.816
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Definition English:
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Enlargement of the thymus. A condition described in the late 1940's and 1950's as pathological thymic hypertrophy was status thymolymphaticus and was treated with radiotherapy. Unnecessary removal of the thymus was also practiced. It later became apparent that the thymus undergoes normal physiological hypertrophy, reaching a maximum at puberty and involuting thereafter. The concept of status thymolymphaticus has been abandoned. Thymus hyperplasia is present in two thirds of all patients with myasthenia gravis. (From Segen, Dictionary of Modern Medicine, 1992; Cecil Textbook of Medicine, 19th ed, p1486) |
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See Related English:
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Myasthenia Gravis
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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14340
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Unique Identifier:
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D013952
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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