Werner & Ingbar's the thyroid: a fundamental and clinical text

by Braverman, Lewis E. Cooper, David S., (Physician) Kopp, Peter A., (Peter Andreas)

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"The first edition of The Thyroid, conceived by Dr. Sidney Werner who believed, and we agree, that a comprehensive clinical and basic textbook devoted to the thyroid was needed, was first published in 1955 and again in 1962"--

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Full title :Werner & Ingbar's the thyroid : a fundamental and clinical text / editors, Lewis E. Braverman, David S. Cooper, Peter A. Kopp.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2021
Edition:Eleventh edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wolters Kluwer
Place of Publication:Philadelphia
Language:eng
Publication Date:2021

The Physical Object

Description:xxii, 965 pages : : illustrations (some color) ; : 29 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781975112967, 1975112962
oclc:on1141937150
LC Classification:RC655
Dewey Decimal:616.4/4

The normal thyroid. History, development, anatomy. The heritage of the thyroid : a brief history -- Development of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis -- Thyroid hormone synthesis and secretion. Thyroid hormone synthesis : thyroid iodide transport -- Thyroid hormone synthesis -- Peripheral thyroid hormone binding and metabolism. Thyroid hormone transport proteins -- Intracellular pathways of iodothyronine metabolism/implications of deiodination for thyroid hormone action -- Thyroid hormone action. Intracellular actions by thyroid hormones -- Thyroid hormone structure-function relationships -- Factors that control thyroid function. Chemistry and biosynthesis of thyrotropin -- The thyrotropin receptor -- Aging and the thyroid -- Effects of drugs on TSH secretion, thyroid hormones' absorption, synthesis, metabolism, and action -- Thyroid disruptors -- Nonthyroidal illness syndrome -- Iodine deficiency and excess, endemic cretinism -- Assessment of thyroid structure and function. Physical examination of the thyroid gland -- Laboratory measurement of thyroid-related hormones, proteins, and autoantibodies in serum -- Nonisotopic thyroid imaging -- Thyroid radionuclide uptake and im…