Fig. 34.1 Factors associated with inflammatory bowel disease.Investigations into the aetiology of inflammatory bowel disease have confirmed the multiplicity of factors that might be involved. The association of some events…
Fig. 41.1 The synthesis of thyroid hormones.Iodide is oxidised to iodine by thyroid peroxidase and incorporated into tyrosine residues of thyroglobulin, the colloidal substance that fills the lumen of the…
COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Further reading Cough Bolser, DC. Current and future centrally acting antitussives. Resp Physiol Neurobiol. 2006;152:349–355. Chang, AB. The physiology of cough. Paediatr Resp Rev. 2006;7:2–8….
