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- Part 1 Principles of international endocrine practice
- Part 2 Pituitary and hypothalamic diseases
- Part 3 The thyroid
- 3.1 Evaluation of the thyroid patient
- 3.1.1 The history and iconography relating to the thyroid gland
- 3.1.2 Biosynthesis, transport, metabolism, and actions of thyroid hormones
- 3.1.3 Clinical assessment of the thyroid patient
- 3.1.4 Thyroid function tests and the effects of drugs
- 3.1.5 Nonthyroidal illness
- 3.1.6 Thyroid imaging: nuclear medicine techniques
- 3.1.6.1 Thyroid imaging: nonisotopic techniques
- 3.1.7 Epidemiology of thyroid disease and swelling
- 3.2 Aetiology of thyroid disorders
- 3.3 Thyrotoxicosis and related disorders
- 3.4 Hypothyroidism and pregnancy- and growth-related thyroid disorders
- 3.5 Thyroid lumps
- Part 4 Parathyroid, calcium, and bone metabolism
- Part 5 The adrenal gland and endocrine hypertension
- Part 6 Neuroendocrine tumours and genetic disorders
- Part 7 Growth and development during childhood
- Part 8 Female endocrinology and pregnancy
- Part 9 Male hypogonadism and infertility
- Part 10 Endocrinology of ageing and systemic disease
- Part 11 Endocrinology of cancer
- Part 12 Obesity, lipids, and metabolic disorders
- Part 13 Diabetes mellitus
The history and iconography relating to the thyroid gland
The history and iconography relating to the thyroid gland
- Chapter:
- The history and iconography relating to the thyroid gland
- Author(s):
Robert Volpé
and Clark Sawin
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780199235292.003.3005
This chapter is a brief summary of the history and art related to the thyroid gland. The reader is referred to other sources for an exhaustive exposition of these matters (1–3).
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- Part 1 Principles of international endocrine practice
- Part 2 Pituitary and hypothalamic diseases
- Part 3 The thyroid
- 3.1 Evaluation of the thyroid patient
- 3.1.1 The history and iconography relating to the thyroid gland
- 3.1.2 Biosynthesis, transport, metabolism, and actions of thyroid hormones
- 3.1.3 Clinical assessment of the thyroid patient
- 3.1.4 Thyroid function tests and the effects of drugs
- 3.1.5 Nonthyroidal illness
- 3.1.6 Thyroid imaging: nuclear medicine techniques
- 3.1.6.1 Thyroid imaging: nonisotopic techniques
- 3.1.7 Epidemiology of thyroid disease and swelling
- 3.2 Aetiology of thyroid disorders
- 3.3 Thyrotoxicosis and related disorders
- 3.4 Hypothyroidism and pregnancy- and growth-related thyroid disorders
- 3.5 Thyroid lumps
- Part 4 Parathyroid, calcium, and bone metabolism
- Part 5 The adrenal gland and endocrine hypertension
- Part 6 Neuroendocrine tumours and genetic disorders
- Part 7 Growth and development during childhood
- Part 8 Female endocrinology and pregnancy
- Part 9 Male hypogonadism and infertility
- Part 10 Endocrinology of ageing and systemic disease
- Part 11 Endocrinology of cancer
- Part 12 Obesity, lipids, and metabolic disorders
- Part 13 Diabetes mellitus