This extensively revised and updated edition of a popular and widely acclaimed work presents the latest scientific and clinical developments in thyroid disease. New topics include the clinical relevance of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS), broad coverage of autoimmune thyroid disease, and expanded
Diseases of the Thyroid
β Scribed by William W. Chin MD, Paul M. Yen MD (auth.), Lewis E. Braverman MD (eds.)
- Publisher
- Humana Press
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 394
- Series
- Contemporary Endocrinology 2
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-x
Molecular Mechanisms of Nuclear Thyroid Hormone Action....Pages 1-15
Nongenomic Actions of Thyroid Hormone....Pages 17-34
Thyroid Testing....Pages 35-48
Update on the Sick Euthyroid Syndrome....Pages 49-68
Neonatal Screening for Thyroid Disease....Pages 69-80
Thyroid Disease in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence....Pages 81-102
Thyroid Disease in Older Persons....Pages 103-124
Autoimmune Thyroid Diseases....Pages 125-154
Problems in the Management of Hypothyroidism....Pages 155-173
Management of the Various Causes of Thyrotoxicosis....Pages 175-198
Resistance to Thyroid Hormone....Pages 199-239
Evaluation and Management of the Euthyroid Nodular and Diffuse Goiter....Pages 241-263
Radiation and Thyroid Cancer....Pages 265-286
Management of Thyroid Cancer....Pages 287-317
Thyroid Dysfunction During Pregnany and After Delivery....Pages 319-329
Environmental Goitrogens....Pages 331-348
Adverse Effects of Iodine Deficiency and its Eradication by Iodine Supplementation....Pages 349-360
Dynamics of Environmental Repletion of Iodine....Pages 361-367
Iodine-Induced Thyroid Disease....Pages 369-383
Back Matter....Pages 385-393
β¦ Subjects
Endocrinology
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