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Propylthiouracil

Index Propylthiouracil

Propylthiouracil (PTU) is a medication used to treat hyperthyroidism. [1]

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Aftertaste

Aftertaste is the taste intensity of a food or beverage that is perceived immediately after that food or beverage is removed from the mouth.

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Agranulocytosis

Agranulocytosis, also known as agranulosis or granulopenia, is an acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia (lowered white blood cell count), most commonly of neutrophils causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.

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Alcoholic liver disease

Alcoholic liver disease is a term that encompasses the liver manifestations of alcohol overconsumption, including fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis, and chronic hepatitis with liver fibrosis or cirrhosis.

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Antithyroid agent

An antithyroid agent is a hormone antagonist acting upon thyroid hormones.

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ATC code H03

H03.

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Basal metabolic rate

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) is the rate of energy expenditure per unit time by endothermic animals at rest.

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Benzylthiouracil

Benzylthiouracil (BTU) is an antithyroid preparation.

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California Proposition 65 list of chemicals

The following is a list of chemicals published as a requirement of Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as California Proposition 65, that are "known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity" as of December 29, 2017.

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Carbimazole

Carbimazole is used to treat hyperthyroidism.

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Danielle Reed

Danielle Renee Reed is an American geneticist employed at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Goitrogen

Goitrogens are substances that disrupt the production of thyroid hormones by interfering with iodine uptake in the thyroid gland.

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Graves' disease

Graves' disease, also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.

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Hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism is the condition that occurs due to excessive production of thyroid hormone by the thyroid gland.

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Iopanoic acid

Iopanoic acid is an iodine-containing radiocontrast medium used in cholecystography.

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List of drugs: Pro-Prz

No description.

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List of IARC Group 2B carcinogens

Substances, mixtures and exposure circumstances in this list have been classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as Group 2B: The agent (mixture) is "possibly carcinogenic to humans".

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List of MeSH codes (D03)

This is the fourth part of the list of the "D" codes for MeSH.

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Methylthiouracil

Methylthiouracil is an antithyroid preparation.

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Mouth ulcer

A mouth ulcer is an ulcer that occurs on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity.

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Neutropenia

Neutropenia or neutropaenia is an abnormally low concentration of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell) in the blood.

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Phenylthiocarbamide

Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC), also known as phenylthiourea (PTU), is an organosulfur thiourea containing a phenyl ring.

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Prop

A prop is an object which supports another, and may refer to.

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PROP

PROP can stand for.

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PTU

PTU may refer to.

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Roland L. Fischer

Roland L. Fischer (1915 in Budapest, Hungary – 1997 in Majorca, Spainhttp://biblioteca.uib.cat/oferta/biblioteques/son_lledo/roland_fischer/) was an experimental psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist known for his early work on schizophrenia, the perception-hallucination continuum model of altered states of consciousness, and for his work on gustation which later contributed to research supporting supertasting.

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Supertaster

A supertaster is a person who experiences the sense of taste with far greater intensity than average, with some studies showing an increased sensitivity to bitter tastes.

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TAS2R38

Taste receptor 2 member 38 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAS2R38 gene.

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Taste

Taste, gustatory perception, or gustation is one of the five traditional senses that belongs to the gustatory system.

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Thiamazole

Thiamazole, also known as methimazole, is an antithyroid drug, and part of the thioamide group.

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Thioamide

A thioamide (rarely, thionamide, but also known as thiourylenes) is a functional group with the general structure R–CS–NR′R″, where R, R′, and R″ are organic groups.

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Thyroid

The thyroid gland, or simply the thyroid, is an endocrine gland in the neck, consisting of two lobes connected by an isthmus.

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Thyroid disease

Thyroid disease is a medical condition that affects the function of the thyroid gland (the endocrine organ found at the front of the neck that produces thyroid hormones).

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Thyroid disease in pregnancy

Thyroid disease in pregnancy can affect the health of the mother as well as the child before and after delivery.

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Thyroid function tests

Thyroid function tests (TFTs) is a collective term for blood tests used to check the function of the thyroid.

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Thyroid hormones

Thyroid hormones are two hormones produced and released by the thyroid gland, namely triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).

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Thyroid peroxidase

Thyroid peroxidase, also called thyroperoxidase (TPO) or iodide peroxidase, is an enzyme expressed mainly in the thyroid where it is secreted into colloid.

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Thyroid storm

Thyroid storm or thyrotoxic crisis is a rare but severe and potentially life-threatening complication of hyperthyroidism (overactivity of the thyroid gland).

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Toxic multinodular goitre

Toxic multinodular goiter (also known as toxic nodular goiter, or Plummer's disease) is a multinodular goiter associated with hyperthyroidism.

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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (EML), published by the World Health Organization (WHO), contains the medications considered to be most effective and safe to meet the most important needs in a health system.

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WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children

The WHO Model List of Essential Medicines for Children is a list, proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), of the most effective and safe medicines for use in children up to 12 years of age needed to meet the most important needs in a basic health-care system.

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Wolff–Chaikoff effect

The Wolff–Chaikoff effect, discovered by Drs.

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1947 in science

The year 1947 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below.

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ATC code H03BA02, ATCvet code QH03BA02, C7H10N2OS, Teotil, Thiotil, Thyreostat II, Tiotil.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylthiouracil

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