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MEDIZINISCHE KLINIK
Volume 105, Issue 7, Pages 485-493Publisher
URBAN & VOGEL
DOI: 10.1007/s00063-010-1082-y
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TPO-AB; Hypothyroidism; Polyglandular syndrome 2
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a common autoimmune thyroid disease with preference of female gender. The chronic thyroiditis is characterized by autoantibodies against thyroid peroxidase and thyroglobulin. With manifestation, there is often a subclinical hypothyroidism that finally progresses to a persistent hypothyroidism with typical clinical symptoms and the need of hormonal substitution in succession of the lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid. The ultrasound of the thyroid shows a hypoechogenic and inhomogeneous parenchyma. Autoimmune thyroiditis is frequently associated with autoimmune disease of other organs, such as vitiligo, Addison's disease, diabetes mellitus type 1, often in the sense of polyglandular syndrome 2.
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