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Goiter Article Last Updated: May 15, 2006 AUTHOR AND EDITOR INFORMATION Section 1 of 11 Authors and Editors Introduction Clinical Differentials Workup Treatment Medication Follow-up Miscellaneous Multimedia References Author: James R Mulinda, MD, FACP, FACE , Consulting Staff, Department of Endocrinology, Endocrinology Associates, Inc James R Mulinda is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Physicians Editors: Steven R Gambert, MD, Program Director, Physician-in- Chief, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Kent Wehmeier, MD, Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and

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Goiter

Article Last Updated: May 15, 2006

AUTHOR AND EDITOR INFORMATION

Section 1 of 11   Authors and Editors Introduction

Clinical

Differentials

Workup

Treatment

Medication

Follow-up

Miscellaneous

Multimedia

References

Author: James R Mulinda, MD, FACP, FACE, Consulting Staff, Department of Endocrinology, Endocrinology Associates, Inc

James R Mulinda is a member of the following medical societies: American College of Clinical Endocrinologists and American College of Physicians

Editors: Steven R Gambert, MD, Program Director, Physician-in-Chief, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Sinai Hospital, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Kent Wehmeier, MD, Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, St Louis University School of Medicine; Mark Cooper, MD, Head, Vascular Division, Baker Medical Research Institute; Professor of Medicine, Monash University; George T Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine, Director of General Internal Medicine, St Louis University

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Synonyms and related keywords: thyroid gland goiter, nontoxic goiter, toxic goiter, multinodular goiter, endemic goiter, Hashimoto disease, iodine, enlarged thyroid gland, inborn errors of thyroid hormone synthesis, iodine deficiency, goitrogens, TSH receptor antibodies, pituitary resistance to thyroid hormone, adenomas of hypothalamus, adenomas of pituitary gland, tumors producing human chorionic gonadotropin, autoimmune thyroiditis, Hashimoto disease, thyroid cancer, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid nodules, swelling in the neck,