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[The role of hereditary and environmental factors in autoimmune thyroid diseases].
Orvosi hetilap - 1 Jul 2012
Balázs Csaba
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune thyroid diseases are the most common organ-specific autoimmune disorders affecting 5% to 10% of the population in Western countries. The clinical presentation varies from hyperthyroidism in Graves' disease to hypothyroidism in Hashimoto's thyroiditis. While the exact etiology of thyroid autoimmunity is not known, the interaction between genetic susceptibility and environmental factors appears to be of...
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