Diseases of the thyroid

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This extensively revised and updated edition of a popular and widely acclaimed work presents the latest scientific and clinical developments in thyroid disease. New topics include the clinical relevance of the sodium/iodide symporter (NIS), broad coverage of autoimmune thyroid disease, and expanded coverage of thyroid cancer, including recombinant human TSH. Other chapters discuss thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum, thyroid disease in children and the elderly, and the evaluation and management of nodular goiter. Diseases of the Thyroid, 2nd Edition, provides internists and family physicians, obstetricians and gynecologists, and endocrinologists alike with a highly readable guide to thyroid disorders and their clinical management.  Read more... Abstract: In this second edition of his popular and widely acclaimed book, Lewis Braverman and a panel of international authorities have thoroughly updated and revised the first edition with fresh perspectives, many new authors, and the latest scientific and clinical developments in thyroid disease.  Read more... Content: Molecular mechanisms of nuclear thyroid hormone action / William W. Chin adn PaulM. Yen -- Nongenomic actions of thyroid hormone / Paul J. Davis and Faith B. Davis -- Thyroid testing: a clinical approach / Laurie A. Kane and Hossein Gharib -- Neonatal screening for thyroid disease / Marvin L. Mitchell and Cecilia A. Larson -- Thyroid disease in infancy, childhood, and adolescence / Rosalind S. Brown -- Thyroid disease in older persons / Clark T. Savin -- Autoimmune thyroid diseases / Stefano Mariotti and Giovanni Pinna -- Problems in the management of hypothyroidism / Paul W. Ladenson -- Management of the various causes of thyrotoxicosis / Douglas S. Ross -- Resistance to thyroid hormone / Joshua D. Safer -- Evaluation and management of the Euthyroid Nodular and Diffuse Goiter / Peter A. Singer -- Radiation and thyroid cancer: lessons from a half century of study / Arthur B. Schneider and Elaine Ron -- Management of thyroid cancer / Stephanie L. Lee -- Thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and after delivery / John H. Lazarus -- Goitrogens in the environment / Arnold Engel and Steven H. Lamm (based on Eduardo Gaitan) -- Iodine deficiency and its elimination by iodine supplementation / John T. Dunn -- Iodine-induced thyroid disease / Wilmar M. Wiersinga and Lewis E. Braverman -- Clinical relevance of the thyroid sodium/ Iodine symporter / Peter H.K. Eng and Su-Chin Ho.