Diseases of the thyroid
By: edited by Lewis E. Braverman.
Contributors: Braverman, Lewis E., 1929-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Contemporary endocrinology; Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J. : Unnumbered)
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 385
Subjects: Thyroid Diseases; Iodine -- deficiency; Thyroid Hormones -- physiology
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.