A practical manual of thyroid and parathyroid disease / / edited by Asit Arora, Neil Tolley, R. Michael Tuttle

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910825792903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-38248-9; 9786612382482; 1-4443-0764-9; 1-4443-0765-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (227 p.)
• Collana: Practical Manual of Series
• Altri autori (Persone): AroraAsit; TolleyNeil; TuttleR. Michael
• Disciplina: 616.4/4
• Soggetti: Thyroid gland - Diseases; Parathyroid glands - Diseases
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: A PRACTICAL MANUAL OF Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface: A Practical Manual of Thyroid and Parathyroid Disease; Section 1: Thyroid disease; 1: Symptoms, assessment and guidelines for primary care referral; 2: Pathological spectrum of thyroid disease; 3: Thyroid cytopathology; 4: Thyroid imaging; 5: The role of nuclear medicine; 6: Endocrine disorders: medical management; 7: Clinical anatomy and developmental aberrations; 8: Surgical management of benign thyroid disease; 9: Oncogenesis and molecular targeted therapy in thyroid cancer; 10: An overview of the management of thyroid cancer11: Surgical management of thyroid cancer; Color Plates; 12: Medical management of thyroid cancer; Section 2: Parathyroid disease; 13: Symptoms, differential diagnosis and management; 14: Investigations; 15: Pathological spectrum of parathyroid disease; 16: Clinical anatomy, developmental aberrations and endocrinology; 17: Management of parathyroid disease; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Edited and authored by international experts,A Practical Manual of ; Thyroid and Parathyroid Diseasepresents concise, evidence-based, multi-disciplinary guidance relevant for a global audience. Where appropriate, chapters include an evidence appraisal section which critically assesses the level of the evidence available for different treatment options. Reflecting the latest in clinical research and showcasing techniques pioneered by the contributors, the book includes chapters dedicated to advances in:cytologyradiological assessmentmolecular biology and tre