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A hypermetabolic syndrome caused by excess THYROID HORMONES which may come from endogenous or exogenous sources. The endogenous source of hormone may be thyroid HYPERPLASIA; THYROID NEOPLASMS; or hormone-producing extrathyroidal tissue. Thyrotoxicosis is characterized by NERVOUSNESS; TACHYCARDIA; FATIGUE; WEIGHT LOSS; heat intolerance; and excessive SWEATING.
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- Thyrotoxicoses
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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87; was see HYPERTHYROIDISM 1974-86
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- Hyperthyroidism (1966-1986)
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- National Library of Medicine. Thyrotoxicosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013971. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013971
- Thyrotoxicosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3991731