Endemic Cretinism

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dennison, John (Editor), Oxnard, Charles (Editor), Obendorf, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Internal medicine.; Endocrinology.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Internal Medicine.

Responding to a renewed interest in the growing problem of iodine deficiency worldwide, Drs. Charles Oxnard and Peter Obendorf, along with experienced translator and anatomist John Dennison, take a fresh look at the classic text, Der endemische Kretinismus, published in 1936 by Springer. Translated...

Table of Contents:

• Etymology of the word ‘cretin’ (Wegelin)
• Definition (de Quervain)
• Historical (Wegelin)
• Epidemiology (Wegelin)
• Course and clinical pattern of cretinism (de Quervain)
• Pathological anatomy and histology (Wegelin)
• Pathological physiology (de Quervain)
• Pathogenesis (de Quervain and Wegelin)
• Prophylaxis and Treatment of Cretinism (de Quervain).