Thyroid eye disease: diagnosis and treatment

✍ Scribed by Dutton, Jonathan J.; Haik, Barrett G (eds.)

Publisher: Dekker, Informa Healthcare
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Leaves: 486
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This text summarizes information on the origin, diagnosis and management of thyroid-associated Graves' ophthalmology, with approaches to identify and characterize the pathological conditions associated with this disorder.

Abstract:

Details the anatomy and physiology of the thyroid gland, the environmental and genetic factors associated with Graves' disease, and the immunological mechanisms responsible for related systemic Read more...

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Preface
Contents
Contributors
Introduction
The Eponymy of Exophthalmos Associated with Thyroid Disease
Surgical Anatomy of the Thyroid Gland
Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor
Laboratory Evaluation of Graves' Disease
Basic Concepts of the Immune System
Mechanisms of Immune Self-Tolerance
Role of Inflammatory Mediators in Autoimmune Disease
Role of Cytokines in Autoimmune Disease
Role of Adhesion Molecules in Autoimmune Disease
Overview of Graves' Autoimmune Disease
Systemic Manifestations of Graves' Disease
Genetics of Graves' Disease. Environmental Factors in the Pathogenesis of Graves' DiseaseGraves' Disease and Myasthenia Gravis
Pregnancy and Hyperthyroidism
Medical Treatment of Systemic Graves' Disease
Radioactive Iodide Therapy for Graves' Disease
Thyroidectomy for Graves' Hyperthyroidism
Overview of Thyroid Eye Disease: Immunological Mechanisms
Orbital Fibroblasts and the TSH Receptor in Graves' Orbital Disease
Role of Orbital Fat in Thyroid- Associated Ophthalmopathy
Eye Musc.

✦ Subjects

Thyroid eye disease.

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