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Parathyroid Hormone

"Parathyroid Hormone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A polypeptide hormone (84 amino acid residues) secreted by the PARATHYROID GLANDS which performs the essential role of maintaining intracellular CALCIUM levels in the body. Parathyroid hormone increases intracellular calcium by promoting the release of CALCIUM from BONE, increases the intestinal absorption of calcium, increases the renal tubular reabsorption of calcium, and increases the renal excretion of phosphates.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Parathyroid Hormone" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Parathyroid Hormone" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 78 publications over 27 distinct years, with a maximum of 7 publications in 2010
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