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- Represents the most up-to-date reference on the subject, incorporating recently published material
- Provides practical guidelines for the clinician
- Emphasizes the role of imaging in diagnosis and therapeutic procedures
This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive guide to all the common thyroid disorders that may be seen by internists, endocrinologists, nuclear medicine physicians, and endocrine surgeons. While the fundamentals of thyroid hormone function and regulation in health and disease are well covered, the primary focus is on the clinical approach to thyroid disease, with detailed coverage of both initial diagnosis and management and the role of imaging. Because most endocrine diseases are chronic and lifelong, special emphasis is placed on long-term management and the common pitfalls that may be encountered by the clinician. The editors are internationally acknowledged leaders in the field of thyroid disease and have gathered an outstanding team of authors, all of whom are also highly expert in their respective areas, but who, equally importantly, write in a clear and lucid style. The numerous isotope scan and ultrasonographic images ensure that the book will serve as a valuable reference atlas to which the physician will return again and again. Table of Contents- Introduction : Regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituirary-Thyroid Axis; TSH; TRH Iodide Transport and Thyroid Hormone Synthesis
- Thyroid Hormone Transport, Receptors and Cell Binding
- Thyroid Hormones Action and Post Receptor Events
- Deiodination and Peripheral Metabolism of Thyroid Hormone
- Basis of Thyroid Disease : Epidemiology
- Classification of Thyroid Disease
- Genetics of Thyroid Disease
- Iodine Deficiency
- Iodine Excess
- Goiter
- Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approaches : Laboratory Tests: T4, FT4, T3, FT3, TSH
- Ultrasonography of the Thyroid and Cervical Lymph Nodes
- Radioiodine Uptake and Imaging
- Surgery on the Thyroid Gland
- Hypothyroidism : Congenital Hypothyroidism
- Overt Hypothyroidism
- Central Hypothyroidism
- Cardiac Manifestations
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Hypertyroidism : Graves' Disease
- Graves Ophthalmopathy
- Toxic Adenoma and Toxic MTNG
- Thyroiditis : Chronic Autoimmune Thyroiditis
- Subacute Thyroiditis
- Acute Infectious Thyroiditis
- Post-partum Thyroiditis
- Iodine and Amiodarone Induced Thyroiditits
- Thyroid Neoplasia: Pathology of Thyroid Tumors
- Thyroid Nodules
- Non-toxic Multinodular Goiter
- Thyroid Cancer: Epidemiology
- Molecular Genetics
- Thyroid Cancer in Children
- Surgery
- Staging and Prognosis
- Radioiodine Therapy
- Dosimetry
- Targeted Molecular Therapy
- Thyroglobulin and Anti-Tg Antibodies
- Poorly Differentiated Carcinoma
- Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
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