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Hashimotos' thyroiditis: Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinic and therapy.
Best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism - 1 Dec 2019
Ragusa Francesca, Fallahi Poupak, Elia Giusy, Gonnella Debora, Paparo Sabrina Rosaria, Giusti Claudia, Churilov Leonid P, Ferrari Silvia Martina, Antonelli Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT), the most frequent autoimmune thyroid disorders (AITDs), is the leading cause of hypothyroidism in the iodine-sufficient areas of the world. About 20-30% of patients suffers from HT, whose cause is thought to be a combination of genetic susceptibility and environmental factors that causes the loss of immunological tolerance, with a consequent autoimmune attack to the thyroid tissue...
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