Endemic Goiter: The Adaptation of Man to Iodine Deficiency

John B. Stanbury; Gordon L. Brownell; Douglas S. Riggs; Hector Perinetti; Juan Itoiz; Enrique B. Del Castillo

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Endemic Goiter

The Adaptation of Man to Iodine Deficiency

John B. Stanbury , Gordon L. Brownell , Douglas S. Riggs , Hector Perinetti , Juan Itoiz and Enrique B. Del Castillo

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1954

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Volume 12 | Harvard University Monographs in Medicine and Public Health

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

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October 1, 2013

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February 5, 1954

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9780674367241

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12

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209

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53

Tables:

17

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674367258

eBook ISBN: 9780674367258

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