Hypothyroidism and Hyperthyroidism Mario Skugor, Maria Fleseriu ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY A normal adult thyroid weighs 10-20 g and receives blood from bilateral superior and inferior thyroid arteries and a small artery…
Interstitial Lung Disease Jeffrey T. Chapman The term interstitial lung disease (ILD) refers to a broad category of lung diseases rather than a specific disease entity.1,2 It includes a variety…
Schizophrenia and Acute Psychosis Manu Mathews, George E. Tesar, Omar Fattal, David J. Muzina DEFINITION AND ETIOLOGY Schizophrenia is a chronic and disabling neuropsychiatric illness possibly best characterized as a…
Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention Xian Wen Jin This chapter provides a concise review of the definition, prevalence, and contemporary concepts of the pathogenesis of cervical cancer. In addition, the…
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Georges Juvelekian, James K. Stoller Recently, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has gained interest as a major public health concern and is currently the focus of…
Multiple Myeloma Rachid Baz, Brian Bolwell DEFINITION Plasma cell disorders are a heterogeneous group of diseases characterized by a clonal population of B cells (plasma cells) that produce a monoclonal…
Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis Molloy Eamonn, Curry L. Koening, Gary S. Hoffman Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are two related, immune-mediated, inflammatory conditions that occur…
Pregnancy and Heart Disease Anjli Maroo, Russell Raymond Cardiac diseases complicate 1% to 4% of pregnancies in women without preexisting cardiac abnormalities. A working knowledge of the normal physiology of…
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disorders Octavian C. Ioachimescu, J. Walton Tomford TAXONOMY Mycobacteria other than Mycobacterium leprae, M. tuberculosis, and M. bovis were identified from human sources as early as 1885, but…
