A sixth edition of the classic text integrating clinical medicine with the molecular biology of thyroid hormone action. Thyroid specialists present background on the development of the thyroid gland, describe how the system is regulated, the hormone formation action, the basic causes of diseases, and the process of testing for them. Specific attention is given to Hashimoto's thyroiditis, adult hypothyroidism, Graves' Disease, thyroid dysfunction in pregnancy, thyroid neoplasia, and surgical as well as drug treatment. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc. , Portland, OR