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Goals and Philosophy Our primary goal
is to assist physicians in managing patients who have, or may have, thyroid disease. Thus
we provide information on diseases, diagnosis, and therapy, and roadmaps through the
process. In addition we will provide information on development, function, and control of
the normal and diseased thyroid that will also be useful to trainees and researchers.
We intend that our material be authoritative, balanced, and contemporary, but presented
without losing sight of the work of our predecessors. For example, while we must include
recent studies, we will continue to refer to landmark investigations done years ago when
they remain an important original source.
We also note that the World Wide web is cluttered with medical advise and
"information" that is misleading and unreliable. We need to separate
our site
from this pseudo-science as clearly as possible. To this end, all material will be
prepared by a physician recognized as an authority in the area, who will be identified
with the section and responsible for it. All sections will be reviewed by two other
editors, who will also be identified with the section, as well as by Georg Henneman and
Leslie De Groot. We will respond to any suggestions arriving from readers who find errors
or disagree with our presentations. Editors will update material continuously, and yearly.
Items of special interest will be posted as Thyroid News.
Traditionally this type of compilation of medical information has been presented as a
book. Books are usually 1-2 years out of date when published, and are increasingly
expensive. This electronic format allows presentation of information in a very current
manner, and at no cost to the reader because of out financial support. How useful this
format will be is still unknown. For the majority of us who still prefer to read hard
copy, all our material can be down loaded whenever desired. In time a CD-ROM version will
be available and may also prove useful.
We note that the concept, design, and content are exclusively the product of the authors
and editors. We have received unrestricted educational grants to help production of the
site. We also welcome contribution in any amount by readers who find the site
useful and wish to support the effort. Contributions should be addressed to Endocrine
Education Inc. , P.O. Box P-94, South Dartmouth, MA 02748.
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