Overview

For general practitioners and endocrinologists, the new Second Edition of this bestselling book offers the most up-to-date and practical guidance to diagnose and manage common and uncommon thyroid diseases. New to the Second Edition: information on thyroid neoplasia, leading to new effective treatments of advanced thyroid cancer the latest VEGF-inhibiting drugs, opening avenues of targeted therapy not previously available new research on thyroid physiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutics The new edition is fully evidence-based and updated to include the most current treatment and latest findings: the screening and case finding for thyroid disease the use of calcitonin in the diagnosis of medullary thyroid cancer the diagnosis and management of subclinical hyperthyroidism (mild hyperthyroidism) thyroid disease related to interferon therapy and amiodarone therapy

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Author:   David S. Cooper (Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore) ,  David S. Cooper (Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Informa Healthcare
Edition:   2nd New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.748kg
ISBN:  

9781420070644

ISBN 10:   1420070649
Pages:   464
Publication Date:   01 April 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781138577237
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

The Laboratory Approach to Thyroid Disorders, Steven I. Sherman Hyperthyroidism Due to Graves’ Disease, Toxic Nodules and Toxic Multinodular Goiter, Kenneth D. Burman and David S. Cooper Thyroiditis and Other More Unusual Forms of Hyperthyroidism, Shon E. Meek and Robert C. Smallridge Hypothyroidism, Michael T. McDermott and E. Chester Ridgway Thyroid Nodules and Multinodular Goiter, Hossein Gharib Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma, Jennifer A. Sipos and Ernest L. Mazzaferri Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma, Anaplastic Thyroid Carcinoma, and Thyroid Lymphoma, Jennifer A. Sipos and Ernest L. Mazzaferri Pediatric Thyroid Disorders, Rosalind S. Brown Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy, Susan J. Mandel Thyroid Disease in the Elderly, Anne R. Cappola, Myron Miller and Steven R. Gambert Index

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DAVID S. COOPER is Professor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Professor of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; and Physician and Director, the Thyroid Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Dr. Cooper received his M.D. from Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He is a member of the Endocrine Society and is a past president of the American Thyroid Association. Dr. Cooper is currently Deputy Editor of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology, Up-to-Date, and Contributing Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Dr. Cooper was also the editor of the first edition of Informa Healthcare’s Medical Management of Thyroid Disease.

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