Epidemiology of Thyroid Disorders

Features:

• Serves as a starting point for medical professionals, addressing the patterns, risk factors, prevention, and treatment of thyroid disorders around the world
• Discusses the prevalence of thyroid disorders around the world, covering disability and cost burden
• Covers recent trends, technologies and advancements in the management of thyroid diseases

Table Of Contents:

Part I: Principles and Concepts
1. Global Impacts of Thyroid Disorders
2. Structures and Functions of the Thyroid Gland
3. Iodine and Thyroid Hormones
4. Effects of Thyroid Hormones in the Fetus

Part II: Thyroid Dysfunction and Clinical Application
5. Goiter
6. Hypothyroidism
7. Subclinical Hypothyroidism
8. Hyperthyroidism
9. Subclinical Hyperthyroidism
10. Thyroiditis
11. Thyrotoxic Crisis (Thyroid Storm)
12. Autoimmune Thyroid Disorders
13. Thyroid Dysfunction and The Heart
14. Thyroid Dysfunction and Mental Disorders

Part III: Global Epidemiology of Thyroid Neoplasms
15. Benign Thyroid Adenomas
16. Thyroid Cancer

Part IV: Special Populations
17. Pregnancy and Thyroid Dysfunction
18. Thyroid Dysfunction in the Elderly