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Natural history of the transition from euthyroidism to overt autoimmune hypo- or hyperthyroidism: a prospective study.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Jan 2011
Effraimidis Grigoris, Strieder Thea G A, Tijssen Jan G P, Wiersinga Wilmar M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the progression in time from euthyroidism to overt autoimmune hypothyroidism or to overt autoimmune hyperthyroidism. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The design is that of a nested case-control study within the prospective Amsterdam autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) cohort study in which 790 healthy euthyroid women with at least one first or second degree relative with documented AITD were followed...
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