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5A04 Hypersecretion of calcitonin

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

This is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing a 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells (also known as C-cells) of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimobranchial body.

inclusions

• Hypersecretion of thyrocalcitonin
• C-cell hyperplasia of thyroid

synonyms

• Hypersecretion of calcitonin
• Hypersecretion of thyrocalcitonin
• C-cell hyperplasia of thyroid

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