Title | Controversies in Clinical Thyroidology [electronic resource] / edited by Joel I. Hamburger, J. Martin Miller |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1981 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5916-9 |
Descript | XIV, 306 p. online resource |
1. Is Thyroid Imaging an Overutilized Diagnostic Procedure? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 2. Are Silent Thyroiditis and Postpartum Silent Thyroiditis Forms of Chronic Thyroiditis or Different (New) Forms of Viral Thyroiditis? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 3. Should All Autonomously Functioning Thyroid Nodules Be Ablated to Prevent the Subsequent Development of Thyrotoxicosis? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 4. Is Prevention of Hyperthyroidism Complicating Pregnancy Justification for Routine Ablative Therapy for Hyperthyroidism in Women in the Childbearing Years? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 5. Is Long-Term Antithyroid Drug Therapy for Gravesโ Disease Cost-Effective? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 6. Is There a Place for Long-Term Stable Iodine in the Treatment of Gravesโ Disease? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 7. When and How Often Is It Necessary to Prepare Hyperthyroid Patients for 131I Therapy with Antithyroid Drugs? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 8. Is Needle Aspiration of the Cystic Thyroid Nodule Effective and Safe Treatment? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 9. Do All Nodules Appearing in Patients Subsequent to Radiation Therapy to the Head and Neck Areas Require Excision? -- Commentary -- Summary -- 10. Is Lymphoma of the Thyroid a Disease Which Is Increasing in Frequency? -- Commentary -- Summary