Thyroid Disorders

Part I. Fundamental Concepts

1. Thyroid: A General Overview
Syed Khalid Imam

2. Functions of Thyroid Hormones
Nishanth Dev, Jhuma Sankar, M. V. Vinay

3. Iodine and the Thyroid
Hernando Vargas-Uricoechea, Anilza Bonelo-Perdomo, Carlos Hernán Sierra-Torres

4. The Role of Thyroid Hormones in Neural Development
Alan J. Hargreaves

5. Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (Flajani-Parry-Graves-von Basedow Disease): Etiopathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis
Hernando Vargas-Uricoechea, Anilza Bonelo-Perdomo, Carlos Hernán Sierra-Torres, Ivonne Meza-Cabrera

Part II. Thyroid Dysfunction and Clinical Application

6. Thyroiditis
Henrique Vara Luiz, Isabel Manita, Jorge Portugal

7. Hypothyroidism
Henrique Vara Luiz, Isabel Manita, Jorge Portugal

8. Hyperthyroidism
Syed Khalid Imam

9. Autoimmune Thyroid Disease (Flajani-Parry-Graves-von Basedow Disease): An Overview of Treatment
Hernando Vargas-Uricoechea, Anilza Bonelo-Perdomo, Carlos Hernán Sierra-Torres, Ivonne Meza-Cabrera

10. Subclinical Hyperthyroidism
Asim Hassan

11. Subclinical Hypothyroidism
Asim Hassan

12. Thyroid Emergencies
Syed Abbas Raza

13. Thyroid Nodule
Syed Hunain Riaz, Muhammad Zaman Khan Assir, Ali Jawa, Javed Akram

14. Thyroid Cancer
Zakir Alavi

15. Thyroid Dysfunction and Mental Disorders
Elnasser Elmaghraby

16. Thyroid Dysfunction and Arrhythmias
Sonia Marrakchi Meziou, Faouzi Kanoun, Dania Idriss Marrakchi, Ikram Kammoun, Salem Kachboura

Part III. Pregnancy and Thyroid Dysfunction

17. Pregnancy and Hypothyroidism
Aqiba Sarfaraz

18. Pregnancy and Hyperthyroidism
Aisha Sheikh

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Endocrinology, Clinical Nutrition, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery