• Completely revised and updated with new information on thyroid problems in infants, children and adolescents
• Includes key points boxes at the start of each chapter to quickly summarise important concepts covered in the text
• Case Histories and Patient Perspectives provide practical examples throughout
• 'Myth versus fact' boxes highlight common misunderstandings and interesting facts about the condition
• Includes useful resources section with suggested further reading and contact information for patient self-help and support groups
• Checks the reader's understanding with a question and answer section at the end of every chapter

Readership: Patients with thyroid disease, their carers and families.

Mark Vanderpump, Consultant Physician and Senior Lecturer in Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust, London, UK, and Michael Tunbridge, Emeritus Physician, Nuffield Department of Medicine, Oxford, and Honorary Consulting Physician, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

"No major areas are ignored, and patients who want more information on these subjects will have a good background after reading this book...I will be suggesting it to my own patients." - Doody's Notes

1: The thyroid gland
2: Things that go wrong with the thyroid gland
3: How the doctor finds out what is wrong
4: Thyroid overactivity caused by Graves' disease
5: The eye changes associated with Graves' disease
6: Other causes of thyroid overactivity
7: Underactivity of the thyroid and its causes in adults
8: Hashimoto's thyroiditis
9: Subacute viral thyroiditis
10: Simple non-toxic goitre
11: Multinodular goitre and the solitary nodule
12: Cancer of the thyroid gland
13: Thyroid problems during and after pregnancy
14: Thyroid problems in infants, children and adolescents
15: Miscellaneous disorders of the thyroid gland
16: Other diseases associated with thyroid disorders
17: Who should be tested for thyroid problems?
18: Who should be referred to a specialist?