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Preface

Most commonly used abbreviations

PART I. PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY OF THE THYROID GLAND

1. PHYSIOLOGY OF THE THYROID GLAND

2. THYROTOXICOSIS. BASED DISEASE

3. NODOSE TOXIC GOITHER

4. AMIODARONE-INDUCED THYROID DYSFUNCTION

5. THYROID-ASSOCIATED OPHTHALMOPATHY

6. TEREOIDITES

7. AUTOIMMUNE THEROIDITIS

8. HYPOTHEROIDISM

9. SYNDROME OF RESISTANCE TO THYROID HORMONES

10. IRON DEFICIENCY DISEASES. ENDEMIC GOITHER.

11. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF BENIGN OR MALIGNANT TUMORS OF THE THYROID GLAND

12. MEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMA: CLASSIFICATION, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT ALGORITHM

PART II. ROLE OF THYROID HORMONES IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF BASIC SYSTEMS

13. THYROID GLAND AND REPRODUCTION

14. THYROID GLAND AND PREGNANCY

15. THYROID GLAND AND HEART

16. THYROID FUNCTION AND THE BRAIN

17. THYROID FUNCTION AND OBESITY

18. THYROID FUNCTION AND DYSLIPIDEMIAS

19. EFFECTS OF THYROID HORMONES ON THE BONE SKELETON

APPENDICES TO THE RELEVANT CHAPTERS