Thyroid disease [[electronic resource] /] / Sareh Parangi and Roy Phitayakorn
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| Autore: |
Parangi Sareh
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| Titolo: |
Thyroid disease [[electronic resource] /] / Sareh Parangi and Roy Phitayakorn
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (196 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 616.4/4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Thyroid gland - Diseases |
| Thyroid gland - Surgery | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PhitayakornRoy
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Series Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1. Historical Perspectives on Thyroid Disease""; ""Iodine Deficiency and Goiter: An Ancient Scourge""; ""Iodine Deficiency: World War I and the Discovery of the U.S. Goiter Belt""; ""Iodization of Salt: When It Rains It Pours""; ""Iodine Deficiency and Cretinism: Most Common Cause of Preventable Mental Retardation""; ""Iodine: How Much Is Enough?""; ""Public Health Measures to Prevent Goiter and Mental Retardation:Now That�s Progress!""; ""References"" |
| ""Chapter 2. The Thyroid Gland""""Thyroid Anatomy: Where Is the Thyroid Anyway?""; ""Thyroid Physiology: What Does the Thyroid Do?""; ""Importance of Having a Balanced Thyroid Hormone: Not Too Hot,Not Too Cold, Just Right All the Time . . . Whew, That Is Hard Work""; ""Thyroid Hormone Production: Let�s Get Some Details Here ""; ""Symptoms of Having a Thyroid Problem:What People Might Notice""; ""Doctors Who Work on Patients with Thyroid Diseases: So Many Doctors for One Little Gland�Must Mean It�s Important""; ""Endocrinologists""; ""Endocrine Surgeons"" | |
| ""Ear/Nose and Throat Specialist or Otolaryngologist""""Radiologist""; ""Pathologist/Cytologist""; ""Thyroid Researcher""; ""Thyroid Blood Tests: Not Too Complicated""; ""Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) Level""; ""T4 Level""; ""T3 Level""; ""Thyroglobulin""; ""Anti-Thyroglobulin Antibodies""; ""Anti-Thyroid Peroxidase Antibodies""; ""Anti-TSH Receptor Antibodies""; ""Imaging the Thyroid Gland: How Doctors Look at the Thyroid Gland""; ""Ultrasonography""; ""Computed Axial Tomography (CAT Scan)""; ""Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)""; ""Radionuclide Scanning (Thyroid Scanning)"" | |
| ""123 I Scanning""""References""; ""Chapter 3. Conditions of the Thyroid That Can Affect People:What Can Go Wrong""; ""Hyperthyroidism: The Overactive Thyroid�Too Much of a Good Thing""; ""Hyperthyroidism: The Body in Overdrive""; ""What Causes Hyperthyroidism?""; ""Diffuse Toxic Goiter: The Disease with Too Many Names""; ""Subacute Thyroiditis: Inflammation in the Thyroid""; ""Toxic Nodular Goiter: Not as Bad as It Sounds""; ""Iodine Induced Thyrotoxicosis: Much Too Much""; ""Thyrotoxicosis Factitia: The Truth Always Comes Out"" | |
| ""Not So Common Causes of Hyperthyroidism:Not Your Everyday Fare""""Secondary Hyperthyroidism""; ""Tumors That Can Lead to Thyrotoxicosis""; ""Hypothyroidism""; ""What Does Hypothyroidism Feel Like? Running on Empty""; ""Primary Hypothyroidism: It�s All the Thyroid�s Fault""; ""Drug-Induced Hypothyroidism: The Innocent Bystander""; ""Secondary and Tertiary Hypothyroidism:It�s Not the Thyroid�s Fault""; ""Treatment of Hypothyroidism�Bringing Things Back into Balance""; ""Thyroid Disease in Infants and Children""; ""Hypothyroidism in Children: Better Diagnose It Pronto!"" | |
| ""Hyperthyroidism in Children: Watch Out for Those Antibodies Again"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Millions of people are affected by thyroid disease worldwide, yet most people know little about the thyroid. Thyroid Disease fills that gap, explaining the importance of the thyroid gland to the smooth functioning of the human body and mind. This book covers all of the important aspects of diseases of the thyroid, a small gland that secretes hormones that deliver energy to cells of the body. Historical details on the earliest references to the thyroid gland and goiters, as well as historic details on the links between goiter, iodine, and cretinism are discussed. Thyroid diseases, such as h |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Thyroid disease |
| ISBN: | 1-282-93328-0 |
| 9786612933288 | |
| 0-313-37455-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910456402803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Biographies of disease.