Endocrinology Adult and Pediatric: The Thyroid Gland

Access all of the latest advances in thyroid disorder management with The Thyroid Gland! Brought to you by the same leading endocrinologists responsible for the highly acclaimed two-volume textbook, Endocrinology: Adult and Pediatric, this derivative book presents a compilation of chapters covering all material related to the thyroid gland. Never before available as a stand-alone offering, this content will enable you to give your patients the benefit of today's best know-how on thyroid disorder management from the leading resource in endocrinology. INDICE: Anatomy and Development of the Thyroid Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone: Physiology and Secretion Thyroid Regulatory Factors Thyroid Hormone Metabolism Mechanisms of Thyroid Hormone Action Thyroid Function Testing Thyroid Imaging Autoimmune Thyroid Disease Graves' Disease Graves' Ophthalmopathy Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules and Other Causes of Thyrotoxicosis Chronic (Hashimoto's) Thyroiditis Subacute and Riedel's Thyroiditis Hypothyroidism and Myxedema Coma Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome: A Form of Hypothyroidism Multinodular Goiter Iodine Deficiency Disorders Thyroid Neoplasia Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2 Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone Receptor Mutations Genetic Defects in Thyroid Hormone Synthesis and Action Thyroid Hormone Binding and Variants of Transport Proteins Resistance to Thyroid Hormone Surgery of the Thyroid Diagnosis and Treatment of Thyroid Disease During Pregnancy

• ISBN: 978-0-323-24064-2
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 463
• Fecha Publicación: 02/10/2013
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés