Recently Published Editions: No. 3 - 2000

Multinodular goitre Peter Laurberg Department of Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark Endemic goitre Maladaption to iodine deficiency Three main types of non-endemic goitre Goitre due to neoplasia Goitre associated with autoimmunity Multinodular goitre Heterogeneity of multinodular goitre Incomplete thyroid hormone synthesis in multinodular goitre Hyperthyroidism in multinodular goitre Epidemiology of multinodular toxic goitre Multinodular goitre and subclinical hyperthyroidism Multinodular goitre and benign neoplasia Treatment of multinodular goitre Treatment of multinodular goitre with hyperthyroidism Treatment of euthyroid multinodular goitre Summary and conclusion Author References