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The thyroid and its diseases

Leslie J. DeGroot, P. Reed Larsen, Georg Hennemann ; with a contribution by Edwin L. Kaplan

Churchill Livingstone, c1996

6th ed

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Rev. ed. of: The thyroid and its diseases / Leslie J. DeGroot ... [et al.]. 5th ed. c1984

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This text documents many aspects of the thyroid gland and the diseases that it is susceptible to.

Table of Contents

The Phylogeny, Ontogeny, Anatomy and Metabolic Regulation of the Thyroid. Thyroid Hormone Synthesis and Secretion. Thyroid Hormone Transport, Cellular Uptake, Metabolism and Molecular Action. Normal Physiology of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroidal System, And Its Relation to the Neural System and Other Endocrine Glands. Effects of Drugs, Disease and Other Agents on Thyroid Function, The Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome". Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Health and Disease. Autoimmunity to the Thyroid Gland. Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Adult Hypothyroidism. Graves' Disease and the Manifestations of Thyrotoxicosis. Diagnosis and Treatment of Graves' Disease. Complications of Graves' Disease. Thyrotoxicosis of Other Etiologies. Thyroid Dysfunnction in the Pregnant Patient. Ontogenesis of Thyroid Function, Thyroid Hormone, And Brain Development, Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Hypothyroidism. Genetic Defects of Thyroid Hormone Supply, Transport and Action. Multinodular Goiter. Thyroid Neoplasia. Acute and Subacute Thyroiditis. Iodine Deficiency Disorders. Surgery of the Thyroid Gland."

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