hypothyroidism
human disease
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Summary
hypothyroidism is a class of disease[1]. hypothyroidism ranks in the top 5% of class of disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,006 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: thyroid gland disease[3]
- Commons category: Hypothyroidism[4]
- Opposite of: hyperthyroidism[5]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[6], The Unified Medical Dictionary (Librairie du Liban, 2009)[7]
- Has effect: myxedema[8]
- ICD-9-CM: 244.9[9]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26800[10]
- Health specialty: endocrinology[11]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: L-thyroxine[12], thyroglobulin[13], triiodothyronine[14]
- Genetic association: C1QTNF6[15], MTF1[16], PDE8B[17], VAV3[18], CTLA4[19], TG[20], TSHR[21]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1459[22], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1459[23], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000821[24]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[25]
Why It Matters
hypothyroidism has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] hypothyroidism is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]