| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 423 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Normal thyroid axis -- Anatomy -- Anatomy of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis -- Thyroid development -- Thyroid hormone -- Thyroid hormone synthesis -- Thyroid hormone action -- Thyroid hormone metabolism -- Thyroid axis -- Role of thyrotropin-releasing hormone in the regulation of the thyroid axis -- Thyroid-stimulating hormone and thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor -- Pediatric thyroid disease -- Screening for congenital disease -- Genetics and epigenetics of congenital hypothyroidism -- Hypothyroidism -- Hyperthyroidism -- Adult thyroid disease -- Hyperfunction -- Graves' disease -- Thyroiditis -- Toxic nodular goiter: toxic adenoma and toxic multinodular goiter -- Thyroid-stimulating hormone-induced hyperfunction -- Hyperthyroidism and trophoblastic disease -- Hypofunction -- Chronic thyroiditis -- Central hypothyroidism -- Conditions with variable effects -- Pregnancy -- Nonthyroidial illness syndrome -- Syndromes of resistance to thyroid hormone -- Cell transport defects -- Drugs -- Structural lesions -- Nontoxic diffuse and nodular goiter -- Solitary thyroid nodule -- Follicular cell thyroid cancer -- Papillary thyroid carcinoma -- Follicular carcinoma -- Medullary thyroid cancer |
| Summary |
Clinical Management of Thyroid Disease is an exciting new book edited by Fredric Wondisford, MD, developer of the revolutionary new drug, Thyrotropin, and Sally Radovick, MD, with contributions from experts in the field. It fulfills the niche of a succinct, clinical resource to help you translate research into practice. This full-color volume offers valuable information on thyroid cancer and non-cancerous lesions, the effect of drugs on thyroid function, genetic disorders, and more in an accessible, easy-to-read consistent format. Presents the expertise of authors and editorial staff comprised of leaders in the field of thyroid research and clinical management for the best-qualified guidance on diagnosis and treatment. Provides a full-color, comprehensive approach that makes valuable information easy to locate and quick to read. Covers relevant topics applicable to all levels of training and expertise to serve as a detailed clinical reference on everything from the basic to the sophisticated. Captures research advances on hot topics such as thyroid cancer and non-cancerous lesions, the effect of drugs on thyroid function, and genetic disorders so that you can incorporate them into the way you treat patients |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Thyroid gland -- Diseases -- Textbooks
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Thyroid Diseases -- therapy
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Thyroid Diseases -- physiopathology
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MEDICAL -- Endocrinology & Metabolism.
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Thyroid gland -- Diseases
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| Genre/Form |
Textbooks
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Textbooks.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Wondisford, Fredric E.
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Radovick, Sally.
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| ISBN |
9781437719697 |
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1437719694 |
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