 Methimazole
"Methimazole" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A thioureylene antithyroid agent that inhibits the formation of thyroid hormones by interfering with the incorporation of iodine into tyrosyl residues of thyroglobulin. This is done by interfering with the oxidation of iodide ion and iodotyrosyl groups through inhibition of the peroxidase enzyme.
| Descriptor ID |
D008713
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.886.489.600 D03.383.129.308.535
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| Concept/Terms |
Methimazole- Methimazole
- Mercasolyl
- Mercazolyl
- Merkazolil
- Tiamazol
- Methymazol
- Thiamazole
- Thimazol
- 1-Methyl-2-mercaptoimidazole
- 1 Methyl 2 mercaptoimidazole
- Methylmercaptoimidazole
Tapazole- Tapazole
- Jones Brand of Methimazole
- Eli Lilly Brand of Methimazole
Tirodril- Tirodril
- Estedi Brand of Methimazole
Strumazol- Strumazol
- Nourypharma Brand of Methimazole
Thiamazol Henning- Thiamazol Henning
- Henning, Thiamazol
- Sanofi Synthelabo Brand of Methimazole
- Henning Berlin Brand of Methimazole
Thyrozol- Thyrozol
- Merck Brand of Methimazole
Favistan- Favistan
- Temmler Brand of Methimazole
Methizol- Methizol
- Philopharm Brand of Methimazole
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1985 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Methimazole" by people in Profiles.
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Moraco AH, Banauch G, Kopec S. A 46-Year-Old Woman With Dyspnea From an Inhalational Exposure, Triggering Thyroid Storm and Subsequent Multi-Organ System Failure. J Intensive Care Med. 2015 Dec; 30(8):518-20.
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Dong H, Paquette M, Williams A, Zoeller RT, Wade M, Yauk C. Thyroid hormone may regulate mRNA abundance in liver by acting on microRNAs. PLoS One. 2010 Aug 13; 5(8):e12136.
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Vyas AA, Vyas P, Fillipon NL, Vijayakrishnan R, Trivedi N. Successful treatment of thyroid storm with plasmapheresis in a patient with methimazole-induced agranulocytosis. Endocr Pract. 2010 Jul-Aug; 16(4):673-6.
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Sharlin DS, Gilbert ME, Taylor MA, Ferguson DC, Zoeller RT. The nature of the compensatory response to low thyroid hormone in the developing brain. J Neuroendocrinol. 2010 Mar; 22(3):153-65.
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Bilu Martin D, Deng A, Gaspari A, Pearson F. Perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis in a patient with Graves' disease treated with methimazole. Skinmed. 2006 Nov-Dec; 5(6):302-5.
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Coslovsky R, Braverman LE, Leeman SE, Aronin N. The differential effects of thyroid and gonadal hormones on substance P content in the anterior pituitary of the prepubertal rat. Endocrinology. 1985 Nov; 117(5):2198-202.
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