Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS v
3. CONTENTS vii
4. FOREWORD ix
5. PART I. INTRODUCTORY
6. 1. THE MENDOZA ENDEMIC 3
7. 2. METHODS 13
8. 3. PATHWAYS OF IODINE METABOLISM 27
9. PART II. FUNCTIONAL INTERRELATIONS
10. 4. THE UPTAKE AND EXCRETION OF IODINE IN THE MENDOZA PATIENTS 43
11. 5. THE EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTARY IODIDE ON THE RETENTION OF IODINE 56
12. 6. THE EFFECTS OF DESICCATED THYROID 74
13. 7. ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS 85
14. PART III. DYNAMICS OF IODINE METABOLISM
15. 8. THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF IODINE METABOLISM 101
16. 9. THE METABOLISM OF IODINE IN THE MENDOZA PATIENT 118
17. 10. THE EFFECTS OF METHIMAZOLE AND THYROTROPIN 146
18. 11. THE EFFECT OF LARGE DOSES OF IODIDE ON THE METABOLISM OF IODINE 176
19. 12. RECAPITULATION AND SUGGESTED STUDIES 188
20. APPENDIX A. GLOSSARY 199
21. APPENDIX B. APPROXIMATE SOLUTIONS FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS OF THE THREE-COMPARTMENT MODEL 202
22. INDEX 207