作者: A. P. Weetman
DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2265.2010.03855.X
关键词: Endocrinology 、 Autoimmunity 、 Autoimmune thyroid disease 、 Internal medicine 、 Autoimmune disease 、 Medicine 、 Thyroid autoimmunity 、 Thyroid
摘要: Anyone who has been in an endocrine clinic will appreciate that associations exist between autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD) and other disorders. However, the full extent of these is still not fully appreciated, new are being uncovered which may shed light on pathogenic basis for connections, underlying reasons them only now becoming understood. This review based British Thyroid Association Pitt-Rivers Lecture 2010. The first section provides update studies have detailed strength various associations, second discusses environmental genetic factors underlie final describes some recently identified, unexpected AITD associations. Unravelling further illuminate pathogenesis diseases offers prospect therapeutic approaches.