Thyroid Function & Disease
β Scribed by Gerard N. Burrow, Jack H. Oppenheimer and Robert Volpe (Auth.)
- Publisher
- Saunders
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 337
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This integrated clinical reference offers candid coverage and informed views on thyroid function and disease. Carefully detailed line drawings elucidate the discussions by 3 renowned clinicians. Coverage includes thyroid hormone biosynthesis, laboratory evaluation, nontoxic goiter, hyperthyroidism, thyroid disease in pregnancy, malignant diseases, thyroiditis, and much more
β¦ Table of Contents
Content:
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page v
1 - Histogenesis, Histology, Gross Anatomy, Physical Examination, and Imaging of the Human Thyroid Gland, Pages 1-10
2 - Thyroid Hormone Biosynthesis, Pages 11-40
3 - The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis, Pages 41-64
4 - Distribution and Metabolism of the Thyroid Hormones, Pages 65-89
5 - Tissue and Cellular Effects of Thyroid Hormones and Their Mechanism of Action, Pages 90-123
6 - Measurement of Thyroid Function, Pages 124-139
7 - Nontoxic GoiterβDiffuse and Nodular, Pages 141-151
8 - Nodular Goiter and Thyroid Cancer, Pages 152-174
9 - Infective Thyroiditis, Pages 175-178
10 - Subacute Thyroiditis, Pages 179-190
11 - Autoimmune Thyroiditis, Pages 191-207
12 - Invasive Fibrous (Riedel's) Thyroiditis, Pages 208-213
13 - Graves' Disease, Pages 214-260
14 - Other Forms of Hyperthyroidism, Pages 261-273
15 - Hypothyroidism, Pages 274-291
16 - Thyroid Diseases in Pregnancy, Pages 292-323
INDEX, Pages 325-335
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