The Thyroid and Its Diseases

The Phylogeny, Ontogeny, Anatomy and Metabolic Regulation of the Thyroid. Thyroid Hormone Synthesis and Secretion. Thyroid Hormone Transport, Cellular Uptake, Metabolism and Molecular Action. Normal Physiology of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroidal System, And Its Relation to the Neural System and Other Endocrine Glands. Effects of Drugs, Disease and Other Agents on Thyroid Function, The Nonthyroidal Illness Syndrome. Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Health and Disease. Autoimmunity to the Thyroid Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. Adult Hypothyroidism. Graves' Disease and the Manifestations of Thyrotoxicosis. Diagnosis and Treatment of Graves' Disease. Complications of Graves' Disease. Thyrotoxicosis of Other Etiologies. Thyroid Dysfunnction in the Pregnant Patient. Ontogenesis of Thyroid Function, Thyroid Hormone, And Brain Development, Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Hypothyroidism. Genetic Defects of Thyroid Hormone Supply, Transport and Action. Multinodular Goiter. Thyroid Neoplasia. Acute and Subacute Thyroiditis. Iodine Deficiency Disorders. Surgery of the Thyroid Gland.