Stanley Plummer
Henry Plummer, photographed at age 26, soon after graduating with his medical degree from Northwestern University and just before being recruited by the Mayo doctors. (By Permission of the Mayo…
ENDOCRINOLOGY
Hyperparathyroidism: Diagnosis and Workup
37. Harari A, Zarnegar R, Lee J, Kazam E, Inabnet WB 3rd, Fahey TJ 3rd. Computed tomography can guide focused exploration in select patients with primary hyperparathyroidism and negative sestamibi…
von Basedow
Karl Adolph von Basedow. Fig. 1 Map of Germany, indicating Dessau, von Basedow’s hometown, and Merseburg, the town where he practiced as a family physician and was laid to rest…
de Quervain
Fritz de Quervain, MD Fritz de Quervain is regarded as one of the last surgical giants, and his obituary appeared in Nature after his death on January 24, 1940 [1]….
and Thyroiditis
Nervousness Heat intolerance Insomnia Anxiety Hyperhidrosis Weight loss Fatigue Muscle weakness Decreased menstrual flow Palpitations Signs Tachycardia Ophthalmopathy Dermopathy (pretibial myxedema) Proximal muscle weakness Diffuse goiter (+ /- bruit) Fine…
James Graves
Robert James Graves. (Etching by Sherman & Smith. Image from the History of Medicine (NLM)) As a lecturer Professor Graves was endowed with peculiar capabilities. To a remarkable person he…
Post-transcriptional Regulation of Luteinizing Hormone Receptor mRNA Expression in the Ovary
Fig. 4.1 LHR mRNA levels during hCG-induced downregulation. Northern blot analysis of steady state LHR mRNA levels in total RNA, isolated at the indicated times, from the ovaries of saline-injected…
Post-transcriptional Regulation of Glucocorticoid Function
Fig. 13.1 Mechanisms of GC action discussed in this review. GCs exert their anti-inflammatory action through multiple mechanisms mediating coordinate changes in gene expression (see text). Regulation of inflammatory responses…
