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Autoimmune Thyroid Disease in Specific Genetic Syndromes in Childhood and Adolescence.
Frontiers in endocrinology - 1 Jan 2020
Kyritsi Eleni Magdalini, Kanaka-Gantenbein Christina
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune thyroid disease (ATD) is the most frequent cause of acquired thyroid dysfunction, most commonly presenting either as Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Graves' Disease. Hashimoto's thyroiditis is characterized by the presence of thyroid-specific autoantibodies, more commonly anti-thyroperoxidase antibodies in the serum and the typical inhomogeneous echostructure of the thyroid on a thyroid ultrasound...
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