Autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) is the most common organ-specific autoimmune disorder affecting 2% to 5% of the population in Western countries. Clinical presentation varies from hyperthyroidism in Graves' Disease to hypothyroidism in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. While the exact etiology of thyroid autoimmunity is not known, interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors app...

The name of Dr. G. R. Murray, of Newcastle, is forever associated with the thyroid treatment, one of the most remarkable of the new methods of treatment of the century just closed. It is, therefore, peculiarly fitting that a book devoted to the treatment of diseases of the thyroid gland should be written by Dr. Murray. iV-Luch that is in the present volume was written h>r the Goulstonian Lectur...

ESSENTIALS OF PHYSIOLOGY. Sixth Edition, Edited and Revised by H. Hartridge. Longmans, Green and Company, I929. pp. 479. This book is very useful for students who wish to review the subject of human physiology, and for practitioners who are desirous of keeping abreast of the times. It quite lives up to its name, since the essentials of physiology are clearly presented, and not in such detail as...

Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a new disease category involving many organ systems, including the endocrine system in general and the thyroid in particular. Since an initial association was made between hypothyroidism and autoimmune (IgG4-related) pancreatitis, more forms of IgG4-related thyroid disease (IgG4-RTD) have been recognized. Four subcategories of IgG4-RTD have so far ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Acute cerebral ischemia has been described in different diseases of the thyroid gland, and not only as a result of thyrotoxic atrial fibrillation and cardioembolic stroke. The purpose of this review is to summarize the studies on the relationship between thyroid diseases and cerebrovascular diseases, discussing the main findings for overt hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidis...

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The two major autoimmune thyroid diseases (ATDs) include Graves' disease (GD) and autoimmune thyroiditis (AT); both of which are characterized by infiltration of the thyroid by T and B cells reactive to thyroid antigens, by the production of thyroid autoantibodies and by abnormal thyroid function (hyperthyroidism in GD and hypothyroidism in AT). While the exact etiology of thyroid autoimmunity ...

Dr. Hertzler appears to have very decided theories about the a)tiology of goitre, though it is rather difficult to follow exactly what they are. In his very short chapter on this subject he does not expatiate at any great length on his own theory and little more than mentions the various theories, deficiency, bacterial, toxic, etc., of other observers; in fact the chapter is rather inadequate. ...

Thyroid hormones are essential for skeletal development and are important regulators of bone maintenance in adults. Childhood hypothyroidism causes delayed skeletal development, retarded linear growth and impaired bone mineral accrual. Epiphyseal dysgenesis is evidenced by classic features of stippled epiphyses on X-ray. In severe cases, post-natal growth arrest results in a complex skeletal dy...