Werner and Ingbar's the thyroid : a fundamental and clinical text.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sect. A. History, Ontogeny, and Anatomy -- Heritage of the Thyroid / Clark T. Sawin -- Normal Development of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis / John E. Pintar -- Comparative Anatomy and Physiology / Charles C. Capen -- Anatomy and Pathology of the Thyrotrophs / Kalman Kovacs, Eva Horvath and Lucia Stefaneanu -- Sect. B. Hormone Synthesis and Secretion -- Hormone Synthesis: Thyroid Iodine Metabolism / Alvin Taurog -- Release and Secretion of Thyroid Hormone / Ann D. Dunn -- Thyroglobulin: Chemistry and Biosynthesis / John T. Dunn -- Sect. C. Peripheral Hormone Metabolism -- Thyroid Hormone Transport Proteins and the Physiology of Hormone Binding / Jacob Robbins -- Nature, Source, and Relative Significance of Circulating Thyroid Hormones / Inder J. Chopra -- Intracellular Pathways of Iodothyronine Metabolism / Jack L. Leonard and Josef Koehrle -- Sect. D. Thyroid Hormone Action -- Molecular Basis of Thyroid Hormone Actions / Jack H. Oppenheimer, Harold L. Schwartz and Kevin A. Strait -- Thyroid Hormone Structure-Function Relationships / Vivian Cody -- Sect. E. Factors That Control Thyroid Function -- Chemistry and Biosynthesis of Thyrotropin / Fredric E. Wondisford, James A. Magner and Bruce D. Weintraub -- Mechanism of Action of Thyrotropin and Other Thyroid Growth Factors / Basil Rapoport and Stephen W. Spaulding -- Regulation of Thyrotropin Secretion / Maurice F. Scanlon and Anthony D. Toft -- Autoregulation: Effects of Iodide / Shigenobu Nagataki and Naokata Yokoyama -- Autonomic Nervous Control: Adrenergic, Cholinergic, and Peptidergic Regulation / Torsten Grunditz and Frank Sundler -- Age and Physiologic Variables / Steven R. Gambert -- Environmental Influences on Thyroid Hormone Regulation / H. Lester Reed -- Antithyroid Compounds / William L. Green -- Effects of Pharmacologic Agents on Thyroid Hormone Homeostasis / Christoph A. Meier and Albert G. Burger --