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Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Thyroid Dysgenesis
Endocrine System Diseases > Thyroid Diseases > Thyroid Dysgenesis

Preferred term

Thyroid Dysgenesis  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Agenesis, Thyroid
  • Ectopic Thyroid
  • Ectopic Thyroids
  • Hypoplasia, Thyroid
  • Thyroid Agenesis
  • Thyroid, Ectopic
  • Thyroid Hypoplasia
  • Thyroids, Ectopic

Scope note

  • Defective development of the THYROID GLAND. This concept includes thyroid agenesis (aplasia), hypoplasia, or an ectopic gland. Clinical signs usually are those of CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM.

History note

  • 2006

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D050033

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