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Volume 332:67 January 5, 1995 Number 1

Diseases of the Thyroid: Pathophysiology and management

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Edited by Malcolm H. Wheeler and John H. Lazarus. 432 pp., illustrated. New York, Chapman & Hall, 1994. $110. ISBN 0-412-43030-4.

The medical community does not suffer from a lack of textbooks on thyroid disorders (several of which are bulkier than a large multinodular goiter). Yet Wheeler and Lazarus have given us a book that is unique in concept and role. This concise textbook of clinical thyroid medicine, aimed at the practicing endocrine physician and surgeon, places refreshing emphasis on current concepts of pathophysiology, especially as they relate to management issues. Despite its relative brevity (432 pages), the book covers topics of considerable current interest, such as the molecular genetics of thyroid cancer and radiation-associated thyroid carcinoma (a discussion of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]




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