Part 1 book “Thyroid diseases - Pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment” has contents: Regulation of thyroid function, synthesis, and function of thyroid hormones, tests of thyroid function, thyroid autoantibodies, nonisotopic thyroid imaging, nontoxic goiter, thyroid nodule, acute and subacute thyroiditis, and other contents. | Endocrinology Series Editor: Andrea Lenzi Series Co-Editor: Emmanuele A. Jannini Paolo Vitti Laszlo Hegedüs Editors Thyroid Diseases Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment Endocrinology Series Editor Andrea Lenzi Department of Experimental Medicine Section of Medical Pathophysiology Food Science and Endocrinology Sapienza University of Rome Rome, Italy Series Co-Editor Emmanuele A. Jannini Department of Systems Medicine University of Rome Tor Vergata Rome, Italy Within the health sciences, Endocrinology has an unique and pivotal role. This old, but continuously new science is the study of the various hormones and their actions and disorders in the body. The matter of Endocrinology are the glands, ., the organs that produce hormones, active on the metabolism, reproduction, food absorption and utilization, growth and development, behavior control, and several other complex functions of the organisms. Since hormones interact, affect, regulate, and control virtually all body functions, Endocrinology not only is a very complex science, multidisciplinary in nature, but is one with the highest scientific turnover. Knowledge in the Endocrinological sciences is continuously changing and growing. In fact, the field of Endocrinology and Metabolism is one where the highest number of scientific publications continuously flourishes. The number of scientific journals dealing with hormones and the regulation of body chemistry is dramatically high. Furthermore, Endocrinology is directly related to genetics, neurology, immunology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, nephrology, orthopedics, cardiology, oncology, gland surgery, psychology, psychiatry, internal medicine, and basic sciences. All these fields are interested in updates in Endocrinology. The aim of the MRW in Endocrinology is to update the Endocrinological matter using the knowledge of the best experts in each section of Endocrinology: basic endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, endocrinological oncology, pancreas with .
