It demonstrates experiments conducted on a goat to study the effects of removing parathyroid glands, revealing their crucial role in regulating blood calcium levels. The film also highlights the ...

Excess parathyroid hormone due to over activity of parathyroid glands, four pea-sized glands located at the back of thyroid gland. Symptoms include loss of appetite, increased thirst and urination, ...

Scarless transoral thyroidectomy or transoral vestibular approach (TOVA) allows for the safe and total removal of the thyroid or parathyroid glands with absolutely no external scarring to the neck. Of ...

The mouse genome contains two Gcm homologues, Gcm1 and Gcm2 (ref. 4). Gcm2 is not expressed in mouse glial cells or their precursors but is instead restricted to the parathyroid gland. This makes ...

This effect is clearly beneficial for the parathyroid glands, but the same is not true for the kidneys: in the study by Chonchol et al., cinacalcet prompted an undesirable increase in calcium ...

The Thyroid & Parathyroid Center at Baylor Medicine is a world-class medical facility in Houston, TX, where patients can be seen simultaneously by a surgeon and endocrinologist for treatment of both ...