THE THYROID AND ITS DISEASES -
BOOK CHAPTERS

  Chapter Name Author
1 Ontogeny, Anatomy, Metabolism and Physiology of the Thyroid J.E. Dumont,MD, B. Corvilain and C.Maenhaut
2 Thyroid Hormone Synthesis and Secretion Bernard A. Rousset, PhD., and John T. Dunn, M.D.
3a Thyroid Hormone Serum Transport Proteins Samuel Refetoff, M.D.
3b Cell Uptake of Hormone Georg Hennemann,MD
3c Metabolism of Thyroid Hormone Theo J. Visser,MD
3d Cellular Action Paul M. Yen,MD
4 Normal Physiology of the Hypothalmic-Pituitary Thyroidal System, and Relation to the Neural System and other Endocrine Glands Stefano Mariotti, M.D.
5a Effects of Drugs, Disease, and other Agents on Thyroid Function (5A) David Sarne, MD
5b The Non-Thyroidal Illness Syndrome (5B) Leslie J. De Groot, M.D.
6a Assay of Thyroid Hormones and Related Substances Carole Spencer
6b Clinical Strategies in the Testing of Thyroid Function Jim Stockigt, MD
6c Ultrasonography of the Thyroid Manfred Blum, M.D.
6d Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy of the Thyroid Gland Hossein Gharib, M.D., FACE
6e Evaluation of Thyroid Function in Health and Disease Jayne Franklyn,MD and Michael Shephard, MD
7 Autoimmunity to the Thyroid Anthony P. Weetman, M.D.  and  Leslie J. De Groot, M.D.
8 Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Nobuyuki Amino,MD
9 Adult Hypothyroidism W.M. Wiersinga,MD
10 Graves' Disease and the Manifestations of Thyrotoxicosis Leslie J. De Groot, M.D.
11 Graves' Disease; Diagnosis and Treatment Leslie J. De Groot, MD
12 Graves' Disease: Complications Georg Hennemann, MD
13a Thyrotoxicosis of other Etiologies Georg Hennemann, M.D.
13b Thyrotropin-Secreting Pituitary Adenomas Paulo Beck-Peccoz, M.D. and Luca Persani, M.D. Ph.D.
14 Thyroid Dysfunction in the Pregnant Patient Dr. Daniel Glinoer
15 Thyroid Gland Development and Disease in Infancy and Childhood Rosalind Brown, M.D., and P. Reed. Larsen, M.D.
16a TSH-Receptor Defects, ; ; Abnormal Hormone Transport Gilbert Vassart,MD
16b Defects in Thyroid Hormone Supply Dr. Jan deVijlder, Thomas Vulsma, Carrie Ris-Stalpers
16c Abnormal Thyroid Hormone Transport Samuel Refetoff, M.D.
16d Thyroid Hormone Resistance Syndromes Samuel Refetoff, M.D.
17 Multinodular Goiter Georg Hennemann, M.D.
18 Thyroid Neoplasia Furio Pacini, MD, and Leslie J. De Groot, MD 
19 Acute and Subacute Thyroiditis John Lazarus, M.D.
20 The Iodine Deficiency Disorders R. Francois Delange,MD and Basil Hetzel,MD
21 Thyroid Surgery Edwin L. Kaplan, M.D., Sonia L. Sugg, M.D., Eduardo Costa, Jr., M.D.


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