Clinical Thyroidology for Patients, edited by Dr. Alan Farwell, is a collection of summaries of recently published articles from the medical literature that covers the broad spectrum of thyroid disorders.
Starting with the May 2009 issue, Clinical Thyroidology for Patients will be published on a monthly basis and include summaries of research studies that were discussed in the previous month’s issue of Clinical Thyroidology, a publication of the American Thyroid Association for physicians. Dr. Hershman is the Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Thyroidology.
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Volume 5 Issue 9Now available in pdf format for saving and printing and Web page format for viewing online PDF Format for Saving and Printing TABLE OF CONTENTS – Web Format HYPERTHYROIDISM Updating the diagnostic criteria of thyroid storm HYPERTHYROIDISM New test may help predict which patients with Graves’ disease will remain in remission after stopping antithyroid drugs HYPOTHYROIDISM Hypothyroidism in patients with pituitary disease may be present even when the standard tests are normal HYPERTHYROIDISM TSH secreting tumors can be cured by long term octreotide treatment THYROID CANCER Surgical treatment of RET mutation–positive medullary cancer can be based on measurement of calcitonin levels THYROID CANCER Cancer staging for younger patients with extensive thyroid cancer needs to be re-evaluated Free FREE Public Health Forum — September 22, 2012 |