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Section XVIII Endocrine Diseases
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SUGGESTED READINGS
AACE/AME Task Force on Thyroid Nodules. American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and Associazione Medici Endocrinologi medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and management of thyroid nodules. Endocr Pract 2006;12:63–102. Guidelines for the treatment and management of thyroid nodules
Alexander EK, Hurwitz S, Heering JP, et al: Natural history of benign solid and cystic thyroid nodules. Ann Intern Med 2003;138:315–318. Retrospective series demonstrating that changes in the size of identified thyroid nodules do not reliably predict malignancy
Caturegli P, Kimura H, Rocchi R, et al: Autoimmune thyroid diseases. Curr Opin Rheumatol 2007;19:44–48. Review of recent advances in the pathophysiology of autoimmune thyroid disease
Escobar-Morreale HF, Botella-Carretero JI, Escobar del Rey F, et al: Treatment of hypothyroidism with combinations of levothyroxine plus liothyronine. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005;90:4946–4954. Systematic review of randomized controlled trials evaluating impact of combination treatments incorporating variable fractions of thyroxine and liothyronine
Imaizumi M, Akahoshi M, Ichimaru S, et al: Risk for ischemic heart disease and all-cause mortality in subclinical hypothyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004;89:3365–3370. Cross-sectional analysis identifying an association between mild hypothyroidism and coronary artery disease
Kinder BK: Well differentiated thyroid cancer. Curr Opin Oncol 2003;15:71–77. Overview of standard and experimental therapies
O'Neill JP, O'Neill B, Condron C, et al: Anaplastic (undifferentiated) thyroid cancer: Improved insight and therapeutic strategy into a highly aggressive disease. J Laryngol Otol 2005;119:585–591. Review detailing the limitations of available treatment options
Pearce EN: Diagnosis and management of thyrotoxicosis. BMJ 2006;332:1369–1373. Clinical review
Peeters RP, Wouters PJ, Kaptein E, et al: Reduced activation and increased inactivation of thyroid hormone in tissues of critically ill patients. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2003;88:3202–3211. Study documenting changes in thyroid hormone levels and deiodinase expression in severe nonthyroidal illness
Wartofsky L: Myxedema coma. Endodrinol Metab Clin North Am 2006;35:687–698. Comprehensive review
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