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Association of Established Thyroid-stimulating Hormone and Free Thyroxine Genetic Variants with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
Immunological investigations - 1 Aug 2017
Brčić Luka, Gračan Sanda, Barić Ana, Gunjača Ivana, Torlak Lovrić Vesela, Kolčić Ivana, Zemunik Tatijana, Polašek Ozren, Barbalić Maja, Punda Ante, Boraska Perica Vesna
Abstract excerpt
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), the most frequent autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD), is characterized by chronic inflammation of the thyroid gland that usually results in hypothyroidism. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) levels are used as clinical determinants of thyroid function. The main aim of this study was to explore the association of established TSH and FT4 genetic variants with HT....
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