1. The laboratory approach to thyroid disorders / Steven I. Sherman -- 2. Hyperthyroidism due to Graves' disease, toxic nodules and toxic multinodular goiter / Kenneth D. Burman and David S. Cooper -- 3. Thyroiditis and other more unusual forms of hyperthyroidism / Shon E. Meek and Robert C. Smallridge -- 4. Hypothyroidism / Michael T. McDermott and E. Chester Ridgway -- 5. Thyroid nodules and multinodular goiter / Hossein Gharib -- 6. Differentiated thyroid carcinoma / Jennifer A. Sipos and Ernest L. Mazzaferri -- 7. Medullary thyroid carcinoma, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, and thyroid lymphoma / Jennifer A. Sipos and Ernest L. Mazzaferri -- 8. Pediatric thyroid disorders / Rosalind S. Brown -- 9. Thyroid disease and pregnancy / Susan J. Mandel -- 10. Thyroid disease in the elderly / Anne R. Cappola, Myron Miller and Steven R. Gambert.