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Thyroid disease : the facts / Mark P.J. Vanderpump, W. Michael G.Tunbridge.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Vanderpump, Mark P. J., author.
- Tunbridge, W. M. G. (W. Michael G.), author.
- Series:
- Facts (Oxford, England)
- Oxford scholarship online.
- The facts
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Thyroid gland--Diseases--Popular works.
- Thyroid gland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (227 p.)
- Edition:
- 4th ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In light of increasing recognition of thyroid disease as a health problem and increased understanding of the causes of the disorder, this fourth edition covers a wide range of conditions associated with thyroid dysfunction and includes new chapters on thyroid disorders in infants, children and adolescents.
- Contents:
- Preface to the fourth edition; Contents; Introduction; 1 The thyroid gland; 2 Things that go wrong with the thyroid gland; 3 How the doctor finds out what is wrong; 4 Thyroid overactivity caused by Graves' disease; 5 Eye changes associated with Graves' disease; 6 Other causes of thyroid overactivity; 7 Underactivity of the thyroid and its causes in adults; 8 Hashimoto's thyroiditis; 9 Subacute viral thyroiditis; 10 Simple non-toxic goitre; 11 Multinodular goitre and the solitary nodule; 12 Cancer of the thyroid gland; 13 Thyroid problems during and after pregnancy
- 14 Thyroid problems in infants, children, and adolescents15 Miscellaneous disorders of the thyroid gland; 16 Other diseases associated with thyroid disorders; 17 Who should be tested for thyroid problems?; 18 Who should be referred to a thyroid specialist?; Glossary of terms; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Glossary of drugs; Glossary of patient support organizations; A; B; C; D; F; G; I; J; N; R; S; U; Useful further sources of information; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Revised edition of: Thyroid disease / R.I.S. Bayliss and W.M.G. Tunbridge. 3rd. 1998.
- Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-03448-6
- 1-283-58014-4
- 9786613892591
- 0-19-154830-8
- 0-19-160716-9
- OCLC:
- 778339721
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