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Objective To analyze the history and present situation of international medical device with visualization softwareto provide references for medical device development in China.Methods CiteSpace visualization software was used to explore international literatures related to medical device from the aspects of yearly quantity,research direction,research organization,quoted literature and etc from 2005 to 2014.Results Medical device drew increasing attention from corresponding researchers,whose development depended on international cooperation.Medical device related closely to engineering and medicine,and had to paid attention to informatization and clinical requirements.Conclusion CiteSpace software is of great value for the study on medical device.
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The function of salivary glands in patients with subacute thyroiditis was evaluated.The data of patients with subacute thyroiditis,primary hypothyroidism,and normal controls undergoing radionuclide scanning were reviewed and compared retrospectively.The ratio of target to non-target values in the salivary glands were decreased in patients with subacute thyroiditis.Thyroid and salivary glands in patients with subacute thyroiditis might be damaged simultaneously and both developed pharyngeal symptoms partly due to the damaged salivary glands.